Specious Milonga
"Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who's the fairest of them all?"
Coquetry invokes the mirror,
"Who, of all?"
"Beauty is a point of view,
Fairest of them all is you!"
Flattery becomes the hearer,
"You! You! You!"
"Tell me, tell me talisman,
How to keep my gentleman?"
Sophistry was never dearer,
"Keep that man!"
"Gone is he that liked you best,
Gagged by words that proved a jest."
Calumny was never clearer,
"All a jest."
Who's the fairest of them all?"
Coquetry invokes the mirror,
"Who, of all?"
"Beauty is a point of view,
Fairest of them all is you!"
Flattery becomes the hearer,
"You! You! You!"
"Tell me, tell me talisman,
How to keep my gentleman?"
Sophistry was never dearer,
"Keep that man!"
"Gone is he that liked you best,
Gagged by words that proved a jest."
Calumny was never clearer,
"All a jest."