Ice Cream Truck

[plumtreeblossom]

Right now there is an ice cream truck on my street. You might think that's nothing special, but in my 9 years on this street, and in fact in my 12 years in the 'ville, this is the first street-to-street ambling ice cream truck I've seen. I even heard a handful of kids scream "ICE CREAM!!!" Here, in a community where kids are not allowed to play outside.

But ice cream trucks transcend generations and communities. We all scream for ice cream.

Now it's on the next street over. I can still hear the truck's song. It's a sped-up version of Send In The Clowns. Umm, sure, ice cream trucks in my day didn't play carousel covers of macabre Sondheim musical numbers, but I chalk that up to _________________ and I'm in no mood for a fight. I'm with the kids:

This is just a moment cap that made me smile big.

ICE CREAM TRUCK!!!

Comments

[jicama]

I don't think of "Send in the Clowns" as macabre at all. Wistful, regretful, but not macabre.

Of course, my first association with the song is a clown music box of my mother's; when you pull out the drawer at the bottom, the song plays and the clown dances.

I guess there aren't too many songs with Clown in the title.