‘Tis said of man
The libertine,
Be morally moot
Of noble mind,
And wily so to boot
Will disabuse,
With wanton use
Maids who trust,
Would so dare
Gratify his lust,
Whilst he believes
His actions prove,
He idolized
Those he misused,
In varied guise…
Hence naïve women
Unmindful thus,
Will soon fall prey
To his devise,
If chance they must
Dare be in reach,
When he’ll enchant
To mesmerize,
For decadence
He’ll exercise,
On gentle mind
Or femme fatale,
Who be so careless
They be lured,
By the disguise
Of libertine,
The morally moot
Of noble mind!
Poetry on a canapé 
You’re such a great wordsmith. Always amazes me how novel your expressions are. Morally moot is a clever way of putting it for this depraved of ethics soul.
Thank you my good friend, for the high compliment. Being a Canadian of French ancestry and influence, one has to make an extra effort to be on a reasonably equal footing as they who were born in the language of Shakespeare, or the more contemporary writers of this (tongue in cheek) composition of stolen words from other languages. My little personal humour aside…
By the way the inspiration for this poem came from a painting by Juarez Machado titled “Le Libertin”. He is originally from Brazil, became a very famous artist there, then moved to Paris and became even more famous, where this painting was done in 2002, and was sold immediately. Some years ago, for my birthday a signed lithograph of it was offered to me by Marianne, Who knows why, though I am a free thinker, I am not at all a depraved soul, nor even morally moot, at least as far as I know. Then again maybe it was because she knew I loved his work, and I found that particular painting very amusing.
Have a fun week Jean-Jacques
It’s always interesting to hear the back story, thank you.
You have a nice way of bringing it out. You’re welcome. Jean-Jacques Fournier
Hello Jean-Jacques
Goodness….this sounded almost personal, like “someone dun someone wrong”…excellent work…very evocative to say the least.
Refreshing to read fresh offerings from a master wordsmith.
I guess this could be considered akin to how composers wrote scores to reflect paintings they had viewed as you mentioned in a reply here above. (Examples : Debussy – Monet and Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition). Great idea you had and well executed.
Hey John, how very nice and always a pleasure to hear from you. Your compliments, and responses to my reflections are the food that continues to inspire we scribblers. I am both pleased and encouraged that you continue to read my work. By the way, it is the likes of such motivation that has me near finished putting together my 10th book of poems. Thank you John.
Keep well, and do stay in touch, this way, or in person anytime my friend. Jean-Jacques