It was a sunny summer day.
Mickey and friends, were out to play.
They’d been sporting for quite a while….
When a sound heard,
Brought each lad smile.
Around the corner came a tinkling…
An engine’s hum and a happy ringing.
Each child carried a buck
For this moment…
The ice cream truck.
Such was the case today…
The children formed a line to pay
For the fabled Double Fudgie treat,
The stuff of dreams,
A delight to eat.
The queue was formed, just in time
And little Mickey was fifth in line.
The Fudgie had surely been blessed…
Of all those offered,
It was the best.
Little by little Mick crept nearer.
To what couldn’t have been any dearer.
Sweet chocolate goodness on a stick…
Time moved slowly…
“Let my turn come quick.”
One step more… his opportunity arrived…
(Mick was patient and he had survived.)
“What’ll it be?”The friendly man inquired.
“A Double Fudgie!!”
(Twas all he desired.)
The vendor’s smile suddenly disappeared
As he uttered words Mick had always feared.
“Sorry buddy, Bill just got the last one.”
Blackness descended
Over Mickey’s dessert sun.
Stunned in unanticipated disbelief,
Mick was laid speechless in his grief.
“Hey kid, speak up… what’ll it be?”
“Gotta get goin’…
“It’s quarter past three.”
“A Strawberry Twister.” was Mick’s reply.
(Not what he had intended to buy.)
A second choice… not quite as good…
The die was cast…
And so too childhood.
Twister was not what Mickey had craved.
(To spent the cash, which he had saved.)
But though his choice was second rated,
Mick enjoyed his treat…
And he ate it.
A bright realization now occurred
To a boy, whose hope had been deferred.
A lesson that grew so grand,
Useful later
When he formed a band.
Years later, a songwriter, searching for lines,
Mick recalled events from a past time.
He remembered his Fudgie, so divine…
How he settled
And still came out fine.
In a song, that most of you know,
You can hear Mick’s philosophy flow:
?You can’t always get what you want
But If you try some time,
You just might find…
You can get what you need. ?
Little choices can lead to big things.
Take this advice from a guy who sings.
Concession can lead to a fine conclusion…
Compromise is sometimes a nice solution.
End