This man loves to explain.
He’ll explain ‘til he’s blue –
or you. Making things plain
is his game. Workings, history –
no mystery will stand.
The man’s obsessed.
He’ll say what he can understand,
ignore the rest.
If you suggest
a topic where he’s unprepared,
he’ll change it,
not inclined to share,
nor to wonder at what’s strange.
Facts stick in his head like glue –
all else runs through.
He needs
the skins and seeds –
has no use
for the juice.
He never gives up cramming for the test
and wondering why the girls are not impressed.