I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Ice Cream

I scream for ice cream she shouted until her lungs burned she was a tomboy with a strawberry birth mark on her cheek she ran like she owned gumby legs and Popeye arms of steel never wiped a dish in her life, she was too busy climbing trees When she was home her tongue would never stop wagging and the stories that she told took up all of mom's afternoon She would dig into the fridge for freshly washed strawberries then ask with a grin " when is the ice cream truck coming? " "Dishes don't get cleaned by themselves" mom noted Mr. Dunbar is fixing his truck, its going to take all afternoon then she would pull out a tub of strawberry ice cream and say "Dig in and enjoy the taste on your tongue" while Annie smiled I scream for ice cream shouted a hoyden girl with wild curls she could really dish it out when she chose to holler when she came home with a tongue on fire from hot pepper candy "Dig in, enjoy the cool taste on your tongue " mom said with a grin. July 5, 2022 Words used : strawberries, dish, tongue, afternoon