pour some sugar on it

at times, we pour some sugar
on it,
on the people we love, or
used to love
when describing who they
are, or were. whether friend
or foe.
we pour on the syrup,
sprinkle on the sweet and low
to make
the person more kind,
more nice, more than what
they really were.
we cut up some fresh fruit
and drop it in the bowl.
the truth is too hard to
tell, so it's easier this
way. why bother with
the details of what went
wrong, went sour, went
rancid and bad, all of
it gone to hell. let's just
pour some sugar on it,
and let it go at that.