<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398477" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In memory of a certain RSM</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The band was already playing<br>a marching song<br>and officers, non-commissioned ranks<br>and troops spotless<br>in berets, browns and shining boots<br>marched and halted in perfect unison<br>on the parade ground.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a flat hat like a chauffeur, <br>or maybe like the baggage man<br>at the hotel<br>with visor just above his eyes, <br>dressed in step outs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he drove the Mercedes Benz <br>through the gate<br>to the parking aria <br>next to the parade grounds<br>bringing it to a elegant halt, <br>jumped out and walked<br>right to the back door<br>bended double and opened it<br>to let a lady and younger woman out.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then with pace stick<br>swinging to and fro<br>on he came like the leader<br>of the band<br>but in control<br>of the whole parade, <br>set over officers outranking him<br>waving the stick in his hand, <br>walking up and down<br>like a huge red faced clown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[RSM = Regimental Sergeant-Major.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398477" data-title="In memory of a certain RSM de Gert Strydom" data-description="The band was already playing a marching song and officers, non-commissioned ranks and troops spotless in berets, browns and shining boots marched and halted in perfect unison on the parade ground. With a flat hat like a chauffeur, or maybe like ..."></div> </div> </div>

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