Albuquerque’s Hottest
Chili Pepper
Each Tuesday after school
three hours after lunch
three hours until supper
I started my delivery route.
Here and there
was a porch
with a six foot strand
of two hundred chili peppers.
One hundred and ninety nine
is exactly the same
as two hundred
except that one’s even
and the other’s odd.
It wasn’t stealing
it was
selective pruning.
It wasn’t stealing
it was
complimentary testing.
It wasn’t stealing
it was
advanced famine relief.
It wasn’t mild
it was hellfire
instant karma.
It wasn’t mild
I needed a hose
at every house.
It wasn’t mild
it was Albuquerque’s hottest chili pepper.
Copyright © 2001 George Goddard
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