{"id":1577,"date":"2020-02-15T10:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T15:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2020-02-15T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T15:48:26","slug":"banana-kreme-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1577","title":{"rendered":"Banana Kreme Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Down in Mar a Lago he’s installed his own rice paddy.<\/p>\n

People love a dictator. Reminds them of their daddy.<\/div>\n
He’s thinking of banana trees, as part of the illusion.<\/div>\n
He’s begun to celebrate the fruits of his collusion.<\/div>\n
He’s got slaves (he calls them knaves) who do his every bidding.<\/div>\n
Some have formed a human sea wall for him (I’m not kidding).<\/div>\n
Every time he goes down south, his cadre causes troubles.<\/div>\n
There’s so many housed there the state population doubles.<\/div>\n
Protective forces, drivers and his vaunted makeup pros.<\/div>\n
Then there are the hangers-on, the faux rich and the ho’s.<\/div>\n
Petty gangsters, mobsters, pranksters, senators and felons<\/div>\n
gather round him like a saint and pray to taste his melons.<\/div>\n
Far away from DC, he can stroll his course in white.<\/div>\n
Eighteen holes-in-one, he’ll brag, ’til late into the night.<\/div>\n
He’ll troll his acidic base in vain search for affection.<\/div>\n
Maybe drop a hint he just might cancel next election.<\/div>\n
What’s the use of counting votes? He’s bought himself a win.<\/div>\n
Re-name the country Trumpland, then, and let the fun begin.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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