Old Johnny

Though as a person in a class of his own
A quiet sort of a fellow to many not known
Not seen to be worthy of any sort of renown
Yet old Johnny by far the wisest one in the town
He does not have a partner or he does not have a wife
Or any offspring as such for him to talk of and worry about in his life
He does not go to the local pub to socialize
But on talking to him one does realize
That he is not what is known as your average man
One who has learned much from life in his eight decades time span
Surely the wise elder of his side of the town
Though a wise person dies as a stranger to renown
Old Johnny does never have that much to say
But he learns from listening to others every day.