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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;

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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