{"id":1603,"date":"2020-02-24T00:22:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T05:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2020-02-24T00:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T05:22:13","slug":"sorry-sari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1603","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, Sari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Look out, India, ’cause here he comes !<\/p>\n

They are building walls around their slums.<\/div>\n
He won’t like the Taj Mahal<\/div>\n
as much as his gambling hall.<\/div>\n
“This one that you’ve got is pretty,<\/div>\n
but not like Atlantic City.”<\/div>\n
He won’t say he had to hock<\/div>\n
his casino to Hard Rock.<\/div>\n
Meanwhile, monkeys wait in Agra,<\/div>\n
all pumped up on chimp viagra,<\/div>\n
planning demonstrations when he’s there.<\/div>\n
They just want to play in his nest hair.<\/div>\n
Forces armed with their sling shots<\/div>\n
will try to cool off their hots.<\/div>\n
Melania had best dress down,<\/div>\n
put away that rhesus gown.<\/div>\n
Trump’s big speech at House of Cricket:<\/div>\n
“India, here’s my boot…Lick it!”<\/div>\n
He’ll make Prime Minister Modi<\/div>\n
into his best roadie toady,<\/div>\n
from his armored limo wave,<\/div>\n
driving over Gandhi’s grave.<\/div>\n
All the people of New Delhi<\/div>\n
want to see the dude’s big belly.<\/div>\n
If it works out, there may be new trading.<\/div>\n
He might say their wall needs an upgrading.<\/div>\n
And if a monkey comes too close, he’ll kick it.<\/div>\n
That, my friends, could be a sticky wicket.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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