This poem about ice cream
has nothing to do with government
with riot, with any political scheme

It is a poem about ice cream.You see?
About how you might stroll into a shop and ask;
One Strawberry Split. One Mivvi.

What did I tell you ?
No one will die.
No licking tongues will melt like candle wax.
This is a poem about ice cream. Do not cry.

by Andrew Motion