Master of Deception – A Quadrille

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Master of Deception

The tongue smooth
and the voice syrupy
Luring those with a sweet tooth
Like bees to a honey pot
Once captured the tone would change
Becoming peppered
with stinging hot jabs
meant to harm
like salt in a wound
Beware the master of deception


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Punam is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse.  The prompt tonight is “Pepper” in any form.
A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

17 thoughts on “Master of Deception – A Quadrille”

  4. Sounds dangerous, Christine! I’ve just finished reading a book called Sun Damage by Sabine Durrant about a con man who grooms a younger woman into working with him. Your quadrille is a perfect description of that character. I like the lines:
    ‘The tongue smooth
    and the voice syrupy
    Luring those with a sweet tooth’.

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