The Falling Elevator

By Elton Camp

It was Meg’s worst recurring nightmare

She’d use a defective elevator somewhere

It’d fall thirty stories to the ground

In little pieces she’d then be found

Little comfort did she take

About the car’s safety brake

An elevator can’t possibly fall

She didn’t really believe at all

Years of trudging up & down stairs

A psychiatrist alleviated her cares

So elevators she began to ride

Apprehensions were set aside

Meg pushed the button to descend

With a lurch the elevator did begin

“Oh, no, oh, no,” she did call

It went into sickening freefall

Its speed increased at an alarming rate

Meg prepared to face a horrible fate

Just an instant before the fatal crash

She awoke from the dream in a flash