day is standing before me , hands in his pockets , breathtaking in a brand-new republic uniform ( black , with dark gray stripes running down the sides of his trousers and around the bottoms of his sleeves , a thick diagonal collar on his military coat that 's cut in the style of denver 's capital troops , and elegant white neoprene gloves that i can see peeking out from his trouser pockets , each decorated with a thin gold chain ) .