I remember when
the ice cream lady
driving her ice cream van
turned the corner
to sell ice cream
on our street
ding ding ding ding di—
SCREECH
the ice cream lady
lost control
of her ice cream van
we all ran out
I shouted ‘ice cream’
and so did she
so we tried to help
even though the ice cream van
wouldn’t stop spinning
and the ice cream lady
wouldn’t stop screaming
but
fortunately
luckily
happily
the ice cream window
on the ice cream lady’s
ice cream van
was open
and as the ice cream
flew out of the ice cream van
through the ice cream window
we stood by
open mouthed.

The next day
the same thing happened
to the lollipop lady
but everyone ducked.

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