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Edgar Guest - The Boy`s Adventure
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"Dear Father," he wrote me from Somewhere in France,
    Where he`s waiting with Pershing to lead the advance,
    "There`s little the censor permits me to tell
    Save the fact that I`m here and am happy and well.
    The French people cheered as we marched from our ship
    At the close of a really remarkable trip;
    They danced and they screamed and they shouted and ran,
    And I blush as I write. I was kissed by a man!

    "I`ve seen a great deal since I bade you good-bye,
    I have witnessed a battle far up in the sky;
    I have heard the dull roar of a long line of guns,
    And seen the destruction that`s worked by the Huns;
    Some scenes I`ll remember, and some I`ll forget,
    But the welcome he gave me! I`m feeling it yet.
    Oh, try to imagine your boy if you can,
    As he looked and he felt, being kissed by a man!

    "`Ah, Meestaire!` he cried in a voice that was shrill,
    And his queer little eyes with delight seemed to fill,
    And before I was wise to the custom, or knew
    Just what he was up to, about me he threw
    His arms, and he hugged me, and then with a squeak,
    He planted a chaste little kiss on each cheek.
    He was stocky and strong and his whiskers were tan.
    Now please keep it dark. I`ve been kissed by a man."
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