Sunday, January 31, 2016

No Power In The Tower


No Power In The Tower

by Bud Lemire on Aug 9, 2005



I was chatting with Bonnie and Linda in the back

When all of a sudden the night went completely black

A bat was flying around, so we came in to chat some more

Another resident in her nightie, opened up the door



People left in darkness, came in to say hello

Wondering what had happened, did anybody know

Some said it was an accident, over on tenth street

Whether that was true or not. information was incomplete



Len was on the job, and trying to get through

Judi stopped by, but there was nothing she could do

Sisters Rebecca and Ginger were playing pool in the dark

Out in the hallway walking, there was Mark



One Katie was upset, because she couldn't watch TV

While Crazy Katie with her glasses on, looked sleepy

One Bob got knocked off his computer, came in to sit

On this side of Ludington street, some lights weren't lit



Evelyn arrived, walking down eleven flights of stairs

She said the elevator light wasn't lit, so she wouldn't dare

The elevators worked mostly, now and then they'd go out

As curiousity kept many people, pacing all about



Linda and I decided to return to the fifteenth floor

The elevator numbers went out at the closing of the door

Diane peeked out of her room, when she heard our words spoken

She saw it was dark on the street, and had just awoken



It wasn't too long later, the power came back on

I settled back with some light music, listening to a song



This actually happened the night of August 8th

from around 9 PM until 12 Midnight.






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