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the grifter took his papper from china at the door the till was cleaned out an broken on the floor cheater putn his foot down ran a stop sign hitting sixty had to make a deadline and get across the city the mark standing shaking bag at his feet going over in his head the rules of the street the dirty cop was waiting past the city clock he got it inhis head he knew about the plot cheater spots the mark parks across the street moves the money from a bag that slides beneeth his seat the blonde moves to the office and sitts down at the desk china straps tight his bullet proof vest the cop follows cheater across the city holding back the mark is getting shakey he justn about to crack the grifter makes a call to the blonde from his room tells her to get ready its a going down soon china climbs the stair to the room with a bag he packed wit a rope a gun and a gag cheater pulls up to the lights cheacked his mirror twice and clockes the cop two cars behind things are looking nice the mark follows cheater situations in his mind grifter meets them in the hall now hes working blind china waits behind the door he heard them in the hall the blonde slides over looking good and standig tall the tension had been thretend by a knife the mark was hoping to get out and on with his life the bag and the blonde sat on the table then the grifter started talkin and tapping on his pen china grabs the mark pulled him to the ground pulls a wire from his chest said look what i found they left him tied to the sink blood on his cheast left with no option was what china said grifter and the blonde head for the car but china and cheater never got that far the dirty cop shotgun by his side got them on the stairs where they were trying to hide heading for the sunset with cash and lady luck thinking its the last its time to give it up china holds his bars thinking how he got played and so cauled friends and marks he made while grifter and the blonde sit in the sun do you wonder who or whitch one won

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