Question

An autobiography of a skyscraper
(in 130 words)
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Answer 1

Answer:

first I was an elevator

then I was a high-rise

now I am a skyscraper

scraping the sky

first I was steel

then I was concrete

now I am all electricity

look at me eat

I'm so modern

I'm angles and glass

I'm so modern

I'm abstract world class

first I was all stairs

then I was all floors

now I am very tall

soon I'll be yours

first I was a blue print

then I was all feet

now I am newsprint

it's time that we meet

I'm so modern

I'm angles and glass

I'm so modern

I'm abstract world class

first I could see the horizon

then I was watching cranes

now I am looking at walls

and elevated trains

first I was fancy offices

then conveniently located down-town penthouses

now I am a museum

that slowly decomposes

a museum without visitors

a museum without sculptors

a museum without collectors

a museum without benefactors

a museum with nothing showing

a museum with the wind blowing

through empty floors and rooms

I am a inner-city tomb

that wants to stay modern

and wants to love

wants you to see my vertical lines

and revolving doors

I want to stay modern

and I want to love

I want to kiss the sky the birds

the escalators

and the elevators

and the the visitors

I want to kiss the visitors

because I'm so modern

I'm angles and glass

I'm so modern

I'm abstract world class