No Doubt About It

No doubt about it he's a very fine poet And he is a person well worthy of note It should go without saying he's the tops of the town Yet he does not knock back the chance for to put others down. Though getting on in years and no longer young One can say of him he has a caustic tongue A very fine poet but for his years not wise His callous true self he doesn't try to disguise. A very fine poet that's to give him his due But to the higher self he is one who is not true He feels the young local poets are a threat to his fame in some way And about him that does seem a sad thing to say. The Local Poet Laureate is his great claim to fame And locally his is a legendary name Into his eight decade and near the end of his life span Yet for a good poet not a very wise man.