The Laughing Elevator

I arrived just in time,
To hear them snicker, giggle and whine.
Enclosed in a hung box
Were two timeless souls- intoxicated.
I pressed my ears to the door.
The voices drowned and fell
Till I could not hear anymore.
The talk was amorous,
Unsophisticated, innocuous; banter of love.
The innocence I thought was passe
Came back in a chorus.
I followed suit in the silent cubicle
And caught them at the gate.
My lover’s arms linked like a chain
To a man I wasn’t acquainted.
Am I to blame?
Was I late?