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Michael Madsen
(after reading Burning in Paradise)

the actor is smoking cigs
and drinkin' like Holden
but more like Hopper

zippo lighter in the rain
the steady click
of wet alligator boots
or a waitress' gum
and I wanted to put on
Steeler's Wheels
something to remind me
of his greatness

but I fell asleep in his clothes
left the book on the window sill
swollen with rain