ESCALATOR BLUES

 Oh how I wish I didn’t have these escalator blues

Not the additional stairs, but the never-ending news

Happens so often it seems like a ruse

Is this the only building with escalator blues ?

 

I’ve been all over the world using moving stairs

Airports, malls, hotels… ascending without cares

Never in my life has it been such a problem with the upstairs

A continuing need for such inconvenient repairs

 

Now I know I may sound like a naïve complainer

But sufficiency in the big city, shouldn't it be a no–brainer?

With all the science, I would think for OTIS it is easy to be a maintainer?

Rather than at tough times being such an unnecessary drainer

 

Of how I wish I could kick these escalator blues

But for the last 10 years, it’s the same old news

While it’s not a big deal to climb, that’s not my excuse

It’s the inability to fix giving me those escalator blues  

 

Is this problem limited to just this spot?

Or are there other buildings where this happens a lot?

The complaint has nothing to do with the activity... for it is not

It’s just that fixing should be like an easy chip shot

 

Oh, how I wish I could lose my escalator blues

Since I’m not into exercising in stiff dress shoes

The wait for a first floor elevator brings about a bemuse

Of all things to be concerned about, I detest these escalator blues

 

Many persons go the RGB with much fear and despair

The last thing needed are issues with stairs

My beef is not limited to just here

For elevators in the Broward parking garage have been broken for a year

 

Oh, how I wish to shake these escalator blues

Got better things to do like prep and schmooze

I know my rhymes don’t best provide all the cues

But shouldn’t these moving steps be best to actually use?