16 September 2020

Consensual Candy


The taste of candy,

sweet to the lips

 

Sugary satisfaction,

confectionery ecstasy

 

Candy Land should be

Candy Heaven for 

all who choose to indulge

 

But a straight man

in a candy store

is, too often, a bull 

in a china shop

 

Oblivious to his surroundings,

careless in his destruction

 

Double dipping

double standards,

Grabbing handfuls

of hypocrisy

 

Mocking her sweet tooth

with names meant to degrade

for the same sugary desire

he prides himself on

 

Candy slut if she consents,

candy prude if she denies

 

Set up for ridicule

regardless of her choice

 

as he attempts 

to shame her

for wanting what

he himself desires

 

Not the most intelligent

of candy connoisseurs,

this bull of a man,

 

as candy is consensual

and if she declines dessert,

he’ll have only the 

distant memory of the taste

 

and his own sticky hands

 


15 September 2020



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