ELEVATOR MEN
Micah Sommersmith
In the morning see how they ascend,
Rising from the lobby to their offices above
To spend the day affixed to desktop screens
Knowing that tomorrow they will do it all again.
In the morning see how they ascend:
All the boring elevator men.
In the evening see how they descend,
Offices to lobby, and then taxis and then home
To spend the night affixed to TV screens
Knowing that tomorrow night they'll do it all again.
In the evening see how they descend:
All the dreary elevator men.
I'm not one of those;
I've got secrets underneath my corporate clothes.
But in my fight for bread,
To survive I must disguise myself as one of them,
And learn to sing their song,
And stand and sing along:
In the morning see how we ascend, / In the evening see how we descend,
Rising from the lobby to our offices above / Offices, then lobby, and then taxis and then home
To spend the day affixed to desktop screens / To spend the night affixed to TV screens
Knowing that tomorrow we will do it all again. / Knowing that tomorrow night we'll do it all again.
In the morning see how we ascend: / In the evening see how we descend:
All the boring elevator men. / The elevator men.