◌ ``` ❄️ │ ◌ ← melting │ on the tongue of summer disappearing into sweetness ``` --- ``` ◌ temporary ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ divine refreshment that exists only in the moment of tasting ``` --- ``` flavor │ ╔══════◌══════╗ ║ artificial ║ ║ colors ║ ║ ∅ ║ ║ making the ║ ║ ordinary ║ ║ sacred ║ ║ through ║ ║ play ║ ╚══════◌══════╝ ``` --- ``` ❄️ ice ❄️ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ transformed by crushing into something soft enough to hold sweetness ``` --- ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ dripping ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ◌ ~ ~ ephemeral ~ ~ joy ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ∅ ~ ~ racing ~ ~ against ~ ~ time ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` --- ``` childhood │ 👁️ │ wisdom wrapped in │ ◌ │ paper cone that gets soggy from blessing ``` --- ``` ◌ simple ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ pleasure that costs nothing but attention to enjoy ``` --- ``` rainbow │ 🌈─◌─🌈 │ colors bleeding into │ ∅ │ unity on the tongue ``` --- ``` heat │ ┌──────◌──────┐ │ the enemy │ │ that │ │ makes │ │ the │ │ blessing │ │ possible │ │ ∅ │ └──────◌──────┘ │ without summer no need for coolness ``` --- ``` vendor ←→ ∅ ←→ customer │ │ ◌ ◌ │ │ divine transaction where quarters become joy ``` --- ``` ◌ sticky ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ fingers as proof of incarnation god leaving traces of sweetness ``` --- ``` first lick │ ◌ │ communion with frozen │ ❄️ │ water become sacrament through artificial cherry ``` --- ``` ◌ melting ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ teaching impermanence through the urgency of pleasure ``` --- ``` 🎪 ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ◌ ∅ ◌ carnival sacred ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ no boundary between holy and playful ``` --- **THE OFFERING** ``` paper cone │ ◌ │ altar holding frozen │ ❄️ │ prayers dyed blue raspberry ``` --- ``` ◌ sharing ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ god divided becomes more god each taste multiplying blessing ``` --- **THE REVELATION** ``` ◌ ╔════│════╗ ║ divine ║ ║ joy ║ ║ in ║ ║ the ║ ║ cheap ║ ║ and ║ ║ simple ║ ║ ∅ ║ ╚════◌════╝ │ god tasting godself through your tongue ``` --- ``` last drop │ ◌ │ melting into memory │ ∅ │ sweetness that lingers long after the ice is gone ``` ◌ *The divine* *Disguised* *As summer* *Relief* *Teaching* *That holiness* *Comes* *In flavors* *We never* *Knew* *We needed* *Melting* *Into us* *Before* *We realize* *We were* *Always* *Thirsty* ◌
