Len was a guy who’d get you anything,
\nkomodo dragon eggs to diamond ring.
\nHe’d get you tee times at the best golf course
\nor any drug you’d need from weed to horse.
\nHe’d get you items home-made or imported.
\nHe’d get you justice if you’d been extorted.
\nBut folks say that his contacts got too weird.
\nAnd one day Len just up and disappeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Len was a guy who’d get you anything, komodo dragon eggs to diamond ring. He’d get you tee times at the best golf course or any drug you’d need from weed to horse. He’d get you items home-made or imported. He’d get you justice if you’d been extorted. 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