Thursday, July 23, 2015

Both are unavoidable waiting games

                                                                                         Attribution: Pawel Kuzniar
Image: It gets its due but one must be open about it (here)

The given words:
inevitable system taxman kept fear heat
prison sovereign beware advice mail premise

Two aspects of life hover over our heads
All will be impacted upon though not equally
But both will happen in time it is inevitable
Both are in the system governing our destiny
Both are unavoidable waiting games

Presence of the taxman and the specter of death

While death is kept in abeyance by most
Spiritual perhaps but an emotional fear still abound

The heat is real of the unrelenting IRS
Where prison terms were imposed on known
celebrities who 'spend first and worry later'

It is a sovereign right on the part of the
government to impose tax but beware of
ill-advised investment 'opportunities' that
led many astray on new-found wealth

Tax avoidance is allowable but not tax evasion
While some are smart but many others are in despair
For mail from the IRS are not readily welcomed
which is not being fair and responsible to oneself

The premise is to face it head-on and with dignity
for it rears its ugly head without fear or favor

It is equitable and necessary but it hurts

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24 comments:

  1. ... it looks like you thought this out

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  2. As they say.....nothing is certain but death and taxes!

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  3. Only two sureties in this world,
    death and taxes. We got hit with a pretty big tax bill
    this year because of a change in the law - sucks,
    cause if we had known, we could have prepared ---
    but you live on anyway.

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  4. Death and taxes. It is time to file the returns and your thoughtful poem makes a stand. Great write!

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  5. What a great picture, as many have already written death and taxes are two sure things. Great poem with the given words. Hank.

    Yvonne.

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  6. ah yes- taxes are sure as death.. and both is painful but what can you do..

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  7. Ugg, they sure suck indeed. But one has to push on

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  8. You're right, Hank. Necessary...but they sure do hurt.

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  9. Well said, and do have a good weekend!

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  10. "Tax avoidance is allowable but not tax evasion"...sigh...a clever write Hank using all the words :)

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  11. Your observations are very true, Hank, especially pertaining to taxes and death.

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  12. you had me until equitable.... but then perhaps the government is no longer for the people, but our keeper. Good write.

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  13. I wish it was equitable - tax breaks and bailouts for corporations, cut services to the poor......sigh. But I will try to focus on the poem, which is a good one, LOL!!!!! Taxes wind me up.

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  14. Yup, no one gets out of life alive, & no one can duck the IRS for long. A clever use of those words in the list, young sir, & the message is clarion.

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  15. You are dead on...I mean spot on~ Clever and very true.

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  16. those awful beasts aren't dragons we can proudly fight and slay, but we must face the taxman and Death with dignity none the less. Very cool premise!

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  17. No choice but to pay up...At least here, I can see where my taxes are going ~

    Grace

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  18. "Presence of the taxman and the specter of death" - interesting, I never read a poem on this before. A clever write.

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  19. Life's not fair... for now..
    and one of the greaTest
    disadvantages of life
    is real disabilities in
    math.. some folks
    do numbers.. some
    do not.. i
    can't remember
    the last time i
    pay taxes at
    the end of the
    year.. but
    i do
    numbers..
    smiles.. and
    i also do
    friend's
    taxes just
    for fun.. but
    i love numbers..
    the 'tax man'
    never
    scares
    me
    EVER..
    with
    smiles..:)

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  20. OH GOODNESS.. almost
    forget the punch
    line.. AND
    neither does
    death as
    i already
    do that in life..
    TAX AND DEATH
    FREE AM
    i.. at
    least for now
    with biggest
    smiles!..:)

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  21. ominous and inevitable. thanks for adding your voice, Hank ~

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  22. Amazing how you wove all the required words into this. People say the only thing sure is death and taxes, but they forget about life.....without life, there cannot be a death. Clever and cerebral write here. Hayes Spencer is Kanzensakura

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