Everything Les touches is never quite the same again,
Either wrapped up in duct tape, glued or sporting a tiny bend.
He’s great at engineering to go the extra mile
And increasing performance, at least for a little while.
He dismantles alarms to replace an offending piece,
Repairs faulty circuits to make another problem cease.
Stitching a few electronic components together,
He’ll build a Geiger counter or dimmer switch with pleasure.
Eager to take on new tasks and ready to help out,
He advises on whether to grout or not to grout.
He can fix what needs fixin’, mend what’s broke;
And he’ll smile and nod at every joke.
His beneficent demeanor ushers in our day,
He’s one staunchly humble and optimistic mainstay.
Could this can-do air be what sparked Liz’s attention
When he “picked her up” in the library collection?
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