Staring (The 31St Floor)

Chairs were mahogany crystal was set

Finest of victuals wealth can beget

Table and Chairmen were gathered around

Portraits of patriarchs glowering down

Staring....

Heads of the families save one that was missed

20-ton specter was not on the list

Freshly cut flowers and straw in the breeze

Obvious octopus nobody sees

Staring...

And as the Chairman

Appears at the door

The specter is elsewhere

The 31st floor

An obstacle course

Of the finest decor

One ear to the bell

One eye on the door

Staring...

Racing his thoughts and fighting the tape

Pacing the cell as his fate takes the shape

Of a 20-ton specter who's not on the list

Too big to fall too bad to be missed just

Staring...