On Hampstead Heath
He towers above me
In his van
The Ice Cream Man
Artificially tall
Elevated and looming
Pathetically small
I stand there choosing
Pathetically small
I stand there choosing
From flavours like
A Wassup or
A Screwball
These are not 'Walls'
But a cheap imitation
In which they change just enough letters
To avoid a lawsuit
Hence
Magnum
Becomes
Maestro
And
Feast
Becomes
Festival
And though his sign says
You can't fake a flake
Make no mistake
He has

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