My ode to vanilla ice cream

Oh vanilla ice cream, vanilla ice cream
How I love you so.
Your clean simple ingredients,
Yet you carry your depth, though.

You give me the clean palette,
That blank canvas to call my own.
I add to you all kinds of yummies,
And you become more than what we would have known.

For depth and substance,
I add that ginger and cinnamon.
With ugli fruit and blueberries,
You take the flavors far from common.

Cherries galore, strawberries too,
Chocolate chips, and peanut butter,
How about a swirl of honey, or maple syrup,
Maybe pineapples, even better!

And savories, I've got an infinite list to try!
Nuts, bacon, roquefurt, sauerkraut?
Salt lends the element of surprise -
The savory for anyone who goes without.

For those common brand ice creams,
I stick with Haagen Dazs 5,
I have also hopped to the Godmother,
For a pint of their custard, to bring back to my busy beehive.

So vanilla, I sing your praises again.
You were my first culinary find (14 years ago!).
You're my go-to solution, my idea in a bind
To make even a curmudgeon crow.

(try it, it works, and you'll be able to enjoy a different flavor of ice cream every night. without busting your budget.)