Last Wednesday I went to the cinema
To watch the new film, ‘All of Us Strangers’
Featuring Paul and Andrew, and Claire and Jamie
And a Ben & Jerry’s that was a game-changer(s)
You see, a B&J sundae is delicious
Though their cost doth drains one’s bank
But I’d pay double – TRIPLE – for this particular sundae
Girl oh girl, the contents of that cardboard cup did rank
Two scoops, warm sauce, and a topping
Is what you’re meant to get
But she scooped and scooped and didn’t stop scooping
A good start – my expectations were more than met
Not one but TWO scoops of flavour one* and TWO of flavour two*
Piled into that small cup
After the last sundae’s rip off that had half a scoop at best
Things only continued to be going up
And those things only got better
When she asked me which sauce I wanted on top
“Hot caramel or chocolate fudge?”
“Both, please – I’ll take the lot!”
Now, she wasn’t allowed to give me both
(I hope you’ll commend my trying)
Was it karma, then, that the chosen sauce bottle lid got jammed?
A sundae without sauce – it was almost worth crying
But the words shot out my mouth like a reflex
There was no time to take them back
“I don’t mind if you just remove the lid
and dollop it on in one fat slap!”
She looked at me like I was Einstein
Then took the sauce bottle to the sink
She twisted and pulled and off the came the lid
My sundae welcomed a sea of warm chocolate fudge in a blink
So if my eyes weren’t already glazed over with longing
They were surely now popping out my head
The friend that I was with looked sadly at her popcorn
“Next time I’ll get a sundae,” she said
But the pièce de resistance was still to come
Which topping was the decision I had to make
“White chocolate polar bears or cookie dough bites?”
Who am I kidding, I always knew which of the two I’d take
For who in their right mind would deny cookie dough bites?
So chewy and chilled and MOREISH
On and on and on the chunks of cookie dough went
It’s February, but this sundae felt like my April birthday wish
That evening was probably the only time I’ve actively beamed
When tapping my debit card on the reader
I’d more than got my money’s worth
And for that, this B&J sundae was the highest achiever
Reclining into that cinema chair
I continued beaming like a Cheshire cat
The first, second, third spoonful of sundae went into my mouth
I ate and I beamed and I didn’t worry about getting fat
*Peanut butter cups – the number 1 Ben & Jerry’s flavour, this is not up for discussion
**Chocolate fudge brownie – a very reliable go-to which always hits the spot, much like its sister, Cookie Dough
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