
Top Photo: With a price on his head and gunmen hot on his heels, Harry Fabian
(Richard Widmark)
flees through the outskirts of London in Night and the City.
Bottom Photo: Cuddles (Dolores Dorn) in Underworld USA.
Cecilia Woloch
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Henry Morro from THE PUNK
I circled him, the 30.06 on my shoulder protecting the sky; I circled him
and let the Rottweilers bite him some more.
I knew he was the scourge that sprinted down the alley --
I never took my eyes off him.
I saw him run past the dumpsters,
through the construction lots out into the woods --
I never took my eyes off him.
I circled him as he twisted his head.
flinging his blond ponytail.
I knew he was the punk with the ponytail
who fired two bullets into my wife
exploding her into the hutch.
I circled him one last time to eye
the red tennis shoes, the red high tops
that gleamed in the sun as he flew
through the lettuce fields.
I knew he was the punk with the ponytail
and pulled the dogs back to protect
them as the others circled in
with the shovels and axe handles.
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