Treacle -- Mom and LIttle Brother Matt

trea·cle (trkl) n. 1. Cloying speech or sentiment. 2. Chiefly British Molasses. 3. A medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison. [Middle English triacle, antidote for poison, from Old French, from Latin thriaca, from Greek thriak (antidotos), (antidote against) wild animals, feminine of thriakos, of wild animals, from thrion, diminutive of thr, beast; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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Mom thinks Little Brother Matt's annual poems are sweet, but not treacle.