Rae Gouirand<\/p>\n
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Harriet Kelly had other plans<\/p>\n
for her middle son (Gene) \u2013<\/p>\n
namely, the law. What else<\/p>\n
for a boy who dared to ride<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
a tricycle missing handlebars<\/p>\n
down Mellon Street, come home<\/p>\n
with an iron beam\u2019s swipe<\/p>\n
under his cheek, fresh crescent<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
letting blood? What would she<\/p>\n
have said at his shoots, his refusal<\/p>\n
to airbrush the ridge left by<\/p>\n
stitches, studio producers<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
worrying over their posters?<\/p>\n
And he, turning that fine stroke<\/p>\n
to the camera, what did he hope<\/p>\n
we\u2019d see? The mark of the sensitive<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
person, the Pittsburgh kid,<\/p>\n
the mere physical result? I\u2019ve<\/p>\n
seen the films, his entrances into<\/p>\n
rooms where tabletops gleam<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
for his tapped dash, stamps<\/p>\n
streaking their length, swift checks<\/p>\n
of time steps in a long address.<\/p>\n
Shoes impressing their effects,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
he\u2019s always there in the center,<\/p>\n
arms extended to everyone<\/p>\n
in the room, grin imprinted,<\/p>\n
digging his heels under the lights.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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