You know what they say about death and taxes… the approaching IRS deadline was Typewriter Rodeo’s Kari Anne Roy’s inspiration this week.
TAXES
Compile all the things,
Put them on your desk.
Find a cup of coffee
And maybe some nice music.
Sharpen your pencil and take
a deep breath…. cause taxes.
Sure your pile of things
May be incomplete.
And that 1099
From that one thing
All those months ago
Might have been lost under
The spilled coffee
And the detritus of junk mail.
But!
You will perservere
With your coffee
And your soothing music
And even if you don’t it’s OK
Because taxes?
They never go away.
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