The ups and downs of elevator car _ by Caroline C.Emerson

The ups and downs of elevator car

The elevator car in the elevator shaft,

complained of the buzzer, complained of the draft.

It said it felt carsick as it rose and fell

It said it had a headache from the ringing of the bell.

There is spring in the air, sighed the elevator car.

Said the elevator man, You are well-off where you are.

The car paid no attention but frowned an ugly frown

And it started going up when it should be going down

Down flashed the signal, but up went the car

The elevator man cried, you are going much too far

Said the car I am going no such thing.

I'm through with buzzers buzzing. I'm looking for the spring.

Then the elevator man began to shot and call

And all the people came running through the hall

The elevator man began to call and shout

The car won't stop! let me out! let me out!

On went the car past the penthouse door

On went the car up one flight more

On went the elevator till it came to the top

On went the elevator and it would not stop

Right through the roof went the man and the car

And nobody knows where the two of them are!

(Nobody knows but everyone cares,

Wearily, drearily climbing the stairs!)

Now on summer evening when you see a shooting star

Fly through the air, perhaps it is__ that elevator car