Fast Approaching

The need to add, subtract and file

Takes my time, I do not smile.

Correlate, amalgamate, oh! Do I hate

Those numbers, lines, and stupid questions

Waiting for answers, gives indigestion.

My papers are ready, files copied and folded

Now off to the tax office, I am beholden,

For they deal with the government, so I am free

To print more paperwork, kill another tree.

The IRS needs copies of all, computer or fax, a real no, no.

My money, their money, who’s to say?

I’ll soon find out, come income tax day.