The man is an impressive mountain of flesh
but solid despite height and girth and with
energy to spare. You've known him long enough
to see his thick thatch of hair turn a glaring white
but he is not old nor is he handicapped by his
generosity of size. Can a mountain swagger?
This one does with the self-confidence of one
whose opinion and store of esoteric knowledge
has instilled in him the conceit of a philosopher
king. He expounds smoothly on any topic that
his mind -- an encyclopedia of anything worth
knowing -- has absorbed. Not exactly smug
no -- just simply secure in the certainty that
he knows and is happy to confer what he knows
to your advantage. And you do well to nod
and smile and reserve comment. Never think
of revealing to the mountain that his all-knowing
facts have somehow been scrambled in the
mind-files tucked assiduously away for future
reference so what he emits is sheer nonsense
even though mountains are not known to erupt
in a furious hail of fire as do unstable volcanoes.
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