by Bruce Bennett

“Honeybees… [sometimes make honey from] the sticky, sugary substance that spotted lanternflies leave behind after slurping tree sap…. The proper term for this substance is honeydew, but that’s really just another word for poop.”
—The Washington Post

I eat this honey by the scoop,
but now they tell me it’s just poop.

I really have adored the taste.
How could I know that it was waste?

No more! I’ve laid aside my spoon.
I’ve learned my lesson none too soon!

Yet Dear, though now I know it’s funny,
I always will still call you Honey.