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A Cap's Strangeness


I try putting on an officer's cap
I feel as if I were Isoroku Yamamoto or Douglas MacArthur
With my neck and backbone straight
Feeling somewhat resolute and boasting
My eyes are tightly restricted to the horizon

There are quite a few to whom
The beret fits stylishly in this country, but
Any field cap, officer's cap, Hinomaru towel or twisted headband
Looks nice on a Japanese guy
(I wonder, though
What has happened to the Samurai hairstyle with Katana sword at one's side)

This further reminds me of the small bronze named
Officer's Grand Son made by Seibou Kitamura
He is wearing a steel helmet at an angle and glub-glubbing military shoes
He is really a real infant, isn't he?