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Mark Rylance accepts the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for "Jerusalem" during the 65th annual Tony Awards, Sunday, June 12, 2011 in New York. (Jeff Christensen / AP) 

Actor Mark Rylance has a thing for Minnesota poet Louis Jenkins.

Three years ago, whilst accepting a Tony award for his part in "Boeing-Boeing," he quoted Jenkins' poem "The Back Country."

Last night, in accepting the award for leading actor in the production "Jerusalem" he quoted Jenkins' poem "Walking Through A Wall."

 tried to get an explanation for the choice:

However, if you take a look at Jenkins' website, you'll see this tidbit:

By the way, you can hear Jenkins recite "Walking Through a Wall" in its entirety 

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