Government Confiscation History

 

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— Mary Gerdt Parler:Alvarita1 (@marygerdt) August 7, 2022

Taxing My Energy

 The pile of paperwork haunted me.

April 15th was approaching fast!

Tax forms are Due,

Money to go to

State and Feds, too,

Something you gotta do,

Had me singing the blues.

Now they’re as  good as done,

I’m through!

😎

Taxes...and a Couch

November,

Cruel November,

Stripped the leaves 🍁 

Right off the Trees 🌳 

November.

Tax Day, too,

In the Monkton Town Zoo 🦓🐆🦏🐪🐘🦍🐫🐄🐿🦃🐈🐩🕊🐇🐉🐲🐊🦑🐢🦎🐡🦖🐙

We’re beasts of burden for sure,

How much more can we endure?

This year we bought a couch,

Or sofa 🛋 if you prefer,

A Marvelous comfy place to hang,

Long overdue for sure.

We tested, and promptly paid,

A delivery date made,

Tax day it would be,

For our Couch delivery.

Property tax bill paid,

Painful checks made,

Why is so much due in the fall,

Town and Schools, benefits and all?

As I prepare to relax

On our Couch 🛋, coming at Last,

Popped the clothes in the dryer,

(Good thing I’m not a crier)

The dryer went kaput,

That’s how it goes,

Our Taxing Couch Woes...

🐢

Taxes, Taxes

Taxes

Taxes,

Tis the season indeed.

Sifting through the paper rubble of another year,

Would drive anyone to take some cheer.

Receipts and envelopes,

Second pages left blank,

Dead trees all around me,

Wasting paper, and my time.

It's taxes, why should any of it rhyme?

Privacy notices lie.

They gave up my stuff,

Now I have to tell them what they already know,

And pay taxes

I'm gruff

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