Adventures in Time

Did I tell you about the time

I was strapped to the minute hand--

Big Ben--quite the fright--

upright on the hour

supine at quarter past

head down at the half

feet facing heaven.

Time had a good laugh.

Did I tell you about the time

I was the lovely ingenue

atop the Empire State building

and hoary old Time held me

 in the palm of his hand.

The view from there was grand.

I could see the whole glamorous town.

Of course, in the end, 

Time let me down.