What the Ruse?

WHAT THE RUSE?

What the master? What the hand?

What the strings that move a man?

Winsome plaything, dance for me;

Animate my reveries.

What the knave? What the heart?

What manipulator’s art?

Timid missive, speak your suit;

Spare me not the dissolute.

What the futile? What the vain?

What the pious one’s disdain?

Stranger dearest, voice ablaze,

Proffer pathways to appraise.

What the wanton? What the ruse?

What the absence of my muse?