Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Roots

Glycyrrhiza glabra does be

My fancy scientific name.

In British, liquorice is me,

In U.S., licorice the same.

Flowering perennial bean

Plant, I am best known for my root,

From which humans have ways to glean

Good taste and smell in use pursuit

As a sweetener in candy

And a tobacco flavoring.

Some even sip me in brandy.

A lot of pleasure I do bring.

Sadly, some cases diagnose

Humans on me can overdose.