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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUNG OFFICER, by MAX ENDICOFF
First Line: A supple speckless figure in costly habilements
Last Line: A world-wide exhibition of the tailor's art.
Subject(s): Military Police; Youth
First Line: A supple speckless figure in costly habilements
Last Line: A world-wide exhibition of the tailor's art.
Subject(s): Military Police; Youth
A supple speckless figure in costly habilements
With cloth-carved calves,
Severe, unbending, breadth of shoulder,
And the flippant insouciance
Of a service-cap
Tipped with diligent carelessness
To one side of the head. ...
To this young untried recruit
The War
Must be a sartorial adventure,
A world-wide exhibition of the tailor's art.
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