The Knowledgeable One

They are not the brightest for to give them their due And on his subject matter they did not have a clue He seems a bit clever the older bloke said To which his younger mate answered not right in the head. Since he did seem a clever young person to me With the older bloke's assumption I could only agree And though I too not the brightest I was duly impressed With one in his mid twenties who with knowledge is blessed. The bloke in his thirties to the barmaid for another beer did call With the knowledgeable one he did not seem impressed at all And when the knowledgeable one had left the pub he turned to me to say This bloke Socrates he was talking of who is he anyway? His name is a name that I cannot recall He cannot be famous he does not play football I informed him the one of whom the clever one did speak Is a long dead philosopher a legendary Greek. He and his mate in his forties began to discuss Sunday's big game Every player taking part they know them by name Of football between them little they would not have known Suppose like it is said of people to each their own.