Who was the first person
to discover maple syrup?
He or she exclaimed
“This crap tastes good!”
The invention of sweetness
shows the brilliance of life,
ie, life knows what it’s doing,
ie, no one should hate the days,
months, years, decades, centuries.
After all, if the world could come up with
something so delicious
I say let’s love it for millennia.
Sticking to t
he topic of syrup:
Spread out in golden splendor
across the lickable back of a pancake
the gooey stuff glows,
warm as a mild autumn sun
with rays that stay.
It flavors the tongue
without ever crossing over to
the state of too saccharine or too tangy.
It’s better than a new pair of jeans,
better than a trip to Old Navy,
better than pants worn comfortably
below, way below, the hips.
Say it. Sy-rup.
Sounds like a name
the ancient Romans whipped up
for one of their charismatic gods.
Sy-rup. Its etymology?
A necessary pre-run.
A platonic ideal.
An earthly draft of Paradise.
Delicious and fun.
Oh, this is GOOD! Really GOOD! My mouth waters as I read…