Wingline at 2137 hrs

Fall in!
Fall in!
Faster fall in!
Two minutes!
RO already!

Sierra wingline at
nine thirty-seven and
twenty-eight seconds.

Hurry up,
go fall in!
Platoon 1, got hear
my announcement or not?
Double up!

A hundred young men
lined up in neat rows,
staring blankly ahead.

Don’t move in the file!
Hurry up!
Report strength!
Wing sedi-ah!
Wing diam!

The new moon,
set against the night,
rose brilliant and unseen.



- 20 October 2007