Powerless

I'm writing this by lantern-light.
(My building has no power.)
Con Edison*'s the culprit
And we're on the 16th hour.

No TV, no computer
And I cannot charge my phone.
Ten stories in my building
So I'm not in this alone.

They served breakfast in the lobby
And at first, it felt like fun;
But our lights should be back on by now,
My patience gone and done.

I made a beer run to the store
To buy some nice and cold.
It helped a little but this lack
Of power's getting old!

*New York City's power company