In purgatory we
Found an elevator
An unexpected
Victory helping
Our secret rising
Into the pale lift
Beside two strangers
With whom we bluffed
With up to hotel’s
Frayed gold fifth story
Old carpet halls have
No decorations
No windows looking
Outside or clockworks
On the wallpaper
We were there for five
Moments out of place
And off oily streets
In the purgatory
We wandered into
There for five moments
Aware and lost yet
It seemed as if
We were both in there
From sun rise till set