Dead Clever

Dead clever. 

Chess player, plot layer.

Mathematician - 

deployer of X and Y.

Cook, fry. 

Polyglot - love

me some French

and German. 

My tank is Sherman,

cause I'm a history buff -

Scholarly stud muff-in. 

Learnt a lot. 

Still learning. 

Look at this knowledge,

I'm churning. 

Mulling it in my brain...

you'd think I'm insane

Where some see mental anguish,

pain; I say 

no pain, no gain. 

So the dragons which gatekeep

the Towers of Babel are slain. 

And I watch the etymology 

of words teem down 

as rain. 

But if I'm being candid, 

I don't know what it's worth. 

When I'm dead and buried,

deep in the Earth -

you won't study my brain

as it's nestled in dirt. 

And sometimes my binges

occur on a Saturday night,

with a solitary wine, 

while the others 

are out, living their life.