Hopper

Early teenage minI roles,
A Giant in his own speCial way.
Screenplay writer Originale,
Young VinceNt Price protege.

Rowdy renegade Rebel rowseR,
Insatiably deranged and insanE.
Drunken derelict drug dealing aBuser,
Eccentric film directing famE.
Rumbled with Cage and Ford CoppoLa,

Saw action with the Duke, John Wayne,
The Osterman Weekend earned rave revIews,
And Blue Velvet criTical acclaim.
Ran the picket fence 'round Hackman in Hoosiers,

Drove Reeves and BullOck to speed.
Inspired photographer, painter and scUlptor,
Renown friend of Nicholson, EasTwood and Dean.
"Enfant terrible", 5 decade cinemAtiC,
Career actor and OscAr nominee.
Teamed with Lynch, as a gas gUzzling enigmatic,
Occult driven, pot-Smoking fiend.
Revered both on and off screEn.

Copyright © May 2010
Kevin Mooney

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