Cruel Casanova

All those niceties, that calm demeanour, that amicable smile that lasts every hour,

conceals a congenial reality, a personality - innocent, incognizant of a sinister duality

projected by those eyes, like a mirage cunningly charming his deluded entourage.

He speaks honestly, but like a hypnotist, his words linger

in your ear in your mind for a long time

a little longer like a poem that goes on and on with no rhyme

You are charmed, and smitten. But

his words and actions are purely platonic, though misleading and cruelly diabolic.