{"id":2329,"date":"2021-01-18T20:10:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2021-01-31T08:12:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T13:12:28","slug":"mar-a-lago-iago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"Mar-a-Lago Iago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The end game dream of every grifter<br \/>\nis to lay on a Florida beach with his snifter.<br \/>\nTo rescue a rich widow from the ever present waves<br \/>\ncould be a drifter&#8217;s dream amongst the beneficial\u00a0saves.<br \/>\nOf course there&#8217;s easy access to some great Cuban cigars.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s simple to make friends with\u00a0suckers in the sandside bars.<br \/>\nJust check for designer shirts and jewelry made of gold.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s easy to get bold after a few drinks with the old.<br \/>\nBent people with big savings are like fish in hotel pools.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve spent their lives accumulating, never played for fools.<br \/>\nA con man with the expertise of a Las Vegas vet<br \/>\ncan pull a scam then take a lam and not even get wet.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve got two coasts, a grifter boasts, filled with retirees.<br \/>\nYou can smell the money wafting in the warm sea breeze.<br \/>\nTo grifters, rich old people are retirement insurance.<br \/>\nThey have no strength\u00a0of mind. It&#8217;s easy to break down endurance.<br \/>\nAnd, once you&#8217;ve done the east coast, from Daytona to Key West.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s Naples up to Pensacola, after a brief rest.<br \/>\nWhen a con accumulates enough Sunshine State glitter,<br \/>\nhe&#8217;ll just fly west, proud of his quest, leaving the old folks bitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end game dream of every grifter is to lay on a Florida beach with his snifter. To rescue a rich widow from the ever present waves could be a drifter&#8217;s dream amongst the beneficial\u00a0saves. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2329\">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":[],"class_list":["post-2329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2069,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2069","url_meta":{"origin":2329,"position":0},"title":"Grifter in Gold","author":"Rick Young","date":"September 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"He's a loser, just like you, sir. You, who are his base. He's just a con whose time has come. His suit might match his face. 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