Sugar Addict

 You’re bad for me

The way junk food

Is bad for the body;

The way water

Is bad for electricity;

The way that deforestation

Is bad for the honeybee.

But just like a craving

For homemade apple pie,

Your sweetness is a pleasure

I can’t bring myself to deny.

I’ve set myself limits,

Gone on diets,

Shut you out with strongbolt and latches;

Even tried a 12-step programme

And patches.

But nothing compares

To the rush you give me,

So even when I’m full

I always return

And wait at your table

For seconds and thirds…

At the end of the day

I know that you know,

Despite the words I say,

When it comes to you honey

I just can’t stay away.