The Wrecking Company

The Wrecking Company By Elton Camp Penny was knitting in the living room When, against the wall, a terrible boom A wrecking ball crashed inside First, poor Penny tried to hide She rushed out the back door To see a sight she did abhor Her house being knocked to the ground She rushed to the foreman with a frown “How dare you destroy my house this way!” Penny gaped at its ruins in utter dismay Too bad, I am just following orders, ma’am.” “You can’t be and you had better scram!” “Demolish 102 North Oak Street it does say. So that’s the reason I am doing this way.” Just as the final wall of her house fell, “Idiot, this is South Oak,” she did tell “Sorry about that,” was his flip reply “To be more careful, I’ll have to try.” As the wrecking crew drove away A final word the foreman did say “Everybody makes an occasional mistake. To my supervisor, please don’t bellyache. You could even cause me to be fired It was only last week that I was hired.”