{"id":19131,"date":"2026-03-16T13:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=19131"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:18:37","slug":"garrapinados-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/garrapinados-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"GARRAPI\u00d1ADOS — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

GARRAPI\u00d1ADOS <\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

10-31-2023<\/p>\n

The long road to doom began for me,
\nDown in Mexico at age twenty-three.
\nGarrapi\u00f1ados was my biggest crime,
\nThey would rot my teeth over time.<\/p>\n

I did not know it, they tasted good,
\nI should have stopped, if I only could.
\nCoated peanuts, indeed what a treat,
\nLeft all my choppers in total defeat.<\/p>\n

Covered in caramel, and colored red,
\nBut one by one my teeth left my head.
\nYears of pain would soon then follow,
\nNow at seventy my mouth is so hollow.<\/p>\n

Yessiree, not one tooth is left in sight,
\nI have got nothing with which to bite.
\nSo dear kiddies, don’t you be like me,
\nAvoid those nuts if your eyes do see.<\/p>\n

From those red devils, yes, turn away,
\nAnd keep your teeth for another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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