My uncle in his uniform,
dog-collared, briar
clutched at an angle,
brilliantined hair
with a central parting,
très debonaire.
This could have been central casting
for the role of padre
in a West End show,
his Now let us pray
moment, except that he’d left
for war the next day.
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