Bon mots

Now, there's a man who's had a
Lifetime of language on his tongue
Still playing with the words he 
Finds buried deep and sometimes 
Hard to unearth; after all this time
He has to dig deeper these days
To use just the right one, the 
Funny one that will please him
And amuse his listener, the one
That pulls a laugh from his 
Audience. That's the language 
He wants to share from a life
Of speech and conversation
His best tidbit, an amuse bouche
For the ear, the remembrance 
Of just the right thing to say