i know i've already had this poem on here before, but i love it, so i'm putting it up again...
Way High Above the 50th Floor
by Robert McEvily
Last Thursday
Mr. E
Who may or may not be me
Carried a card table and two beach chairs
To the 50th floor.
When noon came
He, Mr. E
Centered the table
In the space between the six pairs of elevator doors
Which open to the core
Of the 50th floor.
He arranged the chairs on opposite sides of the table
Laid a checkered tablecloth of red and white
And set up two wine glasses and two paper plates
And lit a tea light
And placed it in a small glass cup
And filled each wine glass with 2% milk
And topped each plate with something great:
A big chocolate chip cookie.
He sat and waited
Belatedly nervous.
At 12:40
The elevator doors
(The ones behind him to the right)
Opened
And out stepped a young woman in a gray dress
Who wore glasses and looked perplexed.
She circled the table
Then stopped and looked at E
Mr. E
And the milk and cookies and empty chair
On the 50th floor.
No one else had done so.
No one else had done so!
"Looks good," she said.
"May I join you?"
With glee
Mr. E
Smiled and nodded.
And lions roared and happiness soared
Way high above the 50th floor.
~Simone