you sit with your Cheshire cat smile
prettily perched on outstretched limb
you seem to love, but all the while
with callous eyes you scan and skim

i have walked a glorious mile
this is not an unsettled whim
please take back your synthetic smile
till you can learn just how to swim

you took me in, and with your guile
filled my faithful cup to its brim
but you can take your Cheshire smile
and slink along another limb