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Buggsy Marett had not the fine face of God
he still has a tender streak of kindness inside him.
But his boss Mugsy Malone
quiet and controlled
analogous
to a pot of boiling water
could without emotion and in cold blood
order for the current day
which welsher was not to be hacked up
and stuffed into the trunk of an auto
Mugsy Malone
had one of the faces of god.

Irwin R. Shaw - April 13th 1987