Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
“A child - so wasted and so white,
He told a lie to get his way,
To march, a man with men, and fight
While other boys are still at play.
A gallant lie your heart will say.”
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While other boys…" by Eva Dobell?
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