FROZENELLA STEPS OUT

Frozenella steppped out midwinter

onto her glacial and rustic porch and longed

but for the frozen custard of summer

and heaped not a little with just ripened strawberries

and sang a little off tune

for a certain popsicled magnificence

a pinkish flowering moon

and well stocked sorbets, raspberry shrub

for a june kind of day but we always long

for what's not here at any contrary time of year

Im in the mood for a snap crackle thirst

so slaked by lemonade or maybe limeade

by a home made orangeade crescendo

in a summery shade

to quench the sun

to fling the fleecy sherpa away

and rest with the whirring electric fan

or well cranked well cranked peach pecan

snow ice cream with a breeze out of dreamland

so bye and bye.

happy tear in my eye

 the crystal beaded Coca Cola.

mary angela douglas 11 january 2024