A man in a sweet shop chooses

From a menu online.

The sweets are divine

The website says

So no-one loses.

The candy arrives

In pretty bows

And wrapping

Fragile as flowers.

He knows

How it goes:

The tapping of heels

Bring deals

Of sugar sweet

He can’t keep,

While the website

Offers fleeting delights

Of fresh flowers

He takes,

But his thirst

Remains unslaked