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Pickled desperadoes
\nlitter the Andes
\nlike mileposts, way stations,
\naltitude markers.
\nTwo grams gets you this high.
\nFour grams gets you dead.
\nAbove, the peaks beckon
\nlike cocaine sundaes.
\nBut in the cliffside towns,
\nwhere whiskey’s served
\nin boxes, men will kill you
\nfor a gold tooth,
\nfor your new boots,
\nor just for fun.
\nA Peruvian shoeshine
\nmeans you’ve been found
\nsocks up, polished off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pickled desperadoes litter the Andes like mileposts, way stations, altitude markers. Two grams gets you this high. Four grams gets you dead. Above, the peaks beckon like cocaine sundaes. But in the cliffside towns, where … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1693,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1693","url_meta":{"origin":710,"position":0},"title":"Knightly Update","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not a worrier, but he gets slurrier each and every time he speaks. 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