Taken

Invited to this flamboyant ruse
A clock ticks, time to begin
Guests have flowed into the glimmer
He must now ready to amuse
Cloaked in a robe of deceit
Cheering to this resplendent charade
Await a murky delight
On the anvil
Where listeners watch enthralled
Lies are dancing breathlessly
The trickster is weaving a tale.