[Sugar]
Table sugar or sucrose is formed from the condensation of glucose and fructose.
In this chemical process,
the water shared between two distinct forms is removed.
In similar fashion, triangular sails removed the water shared between continents.
The pleasure of sweetness was found in the cane.
[Invert Sugar]
Sugarcane grows in the Caribbean near the site of continental breakage
The cane is broken to extract sucrose.
The sucrose is then broken back
into its component parts.
Invert sugar is used in the casing
of a cigarette,
or in a bottle of gin.
[Corn Syrup]
Cane sugar quotas have made corn syrup necessary for mass production.
Corn syrup is an imitation.
An imitation is a replication of behavior.
Imitation is social learning.
Imitation is the creation of culture.
Culture is mass production.
[Tartaric Acid]
The cubic crystals spill
from the plastic packaging,
covering and coating everything,
occupying every millimeter of space
[Natural and Artificial Flavoring]
Children of contradiction
thrust back into the womb and
spun violently. Their faces puckered.
Their tongues soured.
Chijindu 