A Man of Many Talents but Modest

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He says he cannot read hard poetry

But when he reads it, he does understand

It even when it holds philosophy

About some Hindu mysteries, grand

And deep and hard to comprehend.  He has

A first degree and now is working on

Another.  He has been successful as

An engineer on ships from dawn to dawn

In many seascapes all around the world

And so he grasps geography from zone

To zone.  His mind and mouth and throat have furled

Around three languages, each one is known.

He knows about most women and most men,

  But of himself he cannot say amen.