he'll go far

Prof. JP said, "He'll go far, that boy" as did
M. and S. and ...well the others, too, and
I looked at that tousled head with curly hair,
cut so badly by women who don't know
how to cut hair but love him anyway
in spite of dialogues misunderstood or never
understood but just acknowledged with a
smile and a look of intelligence that may not
be too convincing as it's hard to look intelligent
when you have no idea what someone is even
talking about so we'll watch from a distance
as he goes far and we will wish him well,
hoping he will come back to visit us
from time to time.