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Poet deVine
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0 posted 2000-01-09 04:58 PM


The tax man cometh but once a year
Wielding high his calculator
Peering in our private files
Like a monetary investigator

Odd how this man comes to take
What Santa Claus just bestowed
Perhaps they work side by side
One giving, One saying ‘it’s owed!”

That tea party of olden times
Now seems a good plan to me
At this rate, I may have to work
Till I’m a hundred and three

Why do they take such a large chunk
Of what I work so hard to get
Where do they spend all that cash
On furs, jewels perhaps a ‘Vette?

I only know I’m ready to revolt
So I’m looking for a crate of tea
I’ll toss it in the nearest puddle
That should set me free!


© Copyright 2000 Poet deVine - All Rights Reserved
Nan
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1 posted 2000-01-09 06:20 PM


I have a really good harbor nearby if you should need it!!
Denise
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2 posted 2000-01-09 09:17 PM


Oh, how appropriate this is! I just did my daughter's taxes for her this afternoon. Every year they make the forms more complicated. Are they just trying to drive us nuts as well as take all our money!?

ROFL@ Nan's comment! hehehehehe

Better yet, let's sell the tea to help pay our taxes!  

Great poem, Sharon!  


 Denise


Sunshine
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3 posted 2000-01-10 04:30 PM


I've a better idea...let's take away all of the people on the hill - put their income back into the government [after all, who would keep buying lemons and bad decisions???] and put the government back into the hands of the people.  Anyone seen that recent Employee 500 list of what we actually have out there working "for us" on the hill?  A real eye opener...

 Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



Local Rebel
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4 posted 2000-01-11 09:40 AM


Could a local rebel be of any service PdV?

LOL -- very creative off cuff .... nice work  

Majestic
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5 posted 2000-01-12 12:48 PM


a phrase about "hitting the nail on the head" comes to mind...ditto on Nan's comment..
Jim Hastings
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6 posted 2000-01-13 06:15 AM


Very appropriate poem for this time of year thats for sure.  I don't have any harbors close by, but I may be willing to help you dig one.

 It's fantasy. But if it contains a piece of me doesn't that make it as real as I am?


Toerag
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7 posted 2000-01-13 09:51 AM


She heard a little knocking,
It's coming from the door,
Oh my God it's "Uncle Sam"
Says she owes him more.

So Ms. deVine has a plan,
To satisfy the IRS,
She'll seduce old Uncle Sam,
Bra-less tanktop and short dress.

Then she puts her plan in action,
As she kisses down his stomach,
Now she'll get a refund,
Because the tax-man "cometh"

[This message has been edited by Toerag (edited 01-13-2000).]

suthern
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8 posted 2000-01-13 12:26 PM


I love this, PDV!!! If you need some help with that tea, just let me know!

And ROFL @ Toe...

I could use a monetary refund
But I'm not sure I'd resort
To such drastic measures
For fat, bald, stinky, and short
Simply makes my stomach heave
A mighty big protest
I guess I'd rather owe my soul
To the IRS!


[This message has been edited by suthern (edited 01-13-2000).]

LngJhnAg
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9 posted 2000-01-13 04:04 PM


Oh Devine One - My response to your woebegon tail (err, tale) has been posted.

I loved your poem - as I love all your poems.

poetry_kills
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10 posted 2000-01-15 06:24 PM


*waa haa haa haa* *dances around the room with a tea bag clenched in his hand* no taxation without rep-- i mean... NO TAXATION! *dance dance dance* oh yeah, and the poem... i love it  

dance little cucumber -- dance,

 **jerome the boy whose brain got left out in the rain and nobody bothered to dry it off when they put it back in

Broken_Winged_Angel
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Small Town, Somewhere
11 posted 2000-04-13 02:48 AM


  I'd be more then happy to dump the tea with thee...  

 MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU,
MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE UPON YOUR FACE
THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS
AND, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

Irish Blessing

ESP
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Floating gently on a cloud....
12 posted 2000-04-13 03:04 AM


LOL....this is great, Sharon! I don't pay taxes(underage you know) but I'll sure help get rid of em for before my time to be sucked dry comes. Need some tea, I'll be happy to donate!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie



 "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight."

Jon Mewett
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13 posted 2000-04-13 05:31 AM


They tell me the Tax people in Boston love tea.

They got every move covered

Jon

Pepper
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14 posted 2000-04-13 10:36 AM


Sooo cute, PdV ....  
John the cat
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15 posted 2000-04-13 12:22 PM


Great poem and super responses, what more can I say?...

 May your roof never fall in and those beneath it never fall out.

Irish proverb.

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