Rett

Oct 18, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

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syntax, men tax, where have ya been tax;
sin tax, win tax, soon there'll be a grin tax!
grammer tax, stammer tax, maybe even a slammer tax.
dance tax, prance tax, where did you glance tax?
drink tax, wink tax, gonna charge to think tax!
stow it tax, poet tax, wouldn't you just know it tax
plop tax, shop tax, maybe even a slop tax
book tax, hook tax, soon there'll be a cook tax.
poll tax, mole tax, government bought and sold tax;
mop tax, top tax, when will it stop tax?

— Rett, Oct 18, 2008

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Region, Country: Southern Texas, USA

Favorite Poets: Dickenson, Longfellow

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Critiques

prayersbyPatty

17 years 7 months ago

Rett

This is different for you, I like the whimsy, your friend, Patty

Rett

17 years 7 months ago

Thanks Patty

I like to do things differently to keep from getting stale. Glad you liked it. Respectfully, Rett: "We can all be thankful that Picasso wasn't a plastic surgeon." Rett

Rob Graber

17 years 7 months ago

An enjoyable whimsy, Rett!

Rett

17 years 7 months ago

Thanks Rob

Sometimes it just helps to clear the mind. *G* Glad you enjoyed. Respectfully, Rett: "Can we vote no to all the candidates and start over? Please." Rett

rider68

17 years 7 months ago

I smiled

Glad to see you around, Rett what stired you to writing this,..You haven't been looking at my wage packet by any chance?...... I would laugh...except i feel like crying the amount of tax i've paid. Glad to hear of you.... Be well my friend..... Peter ~~~"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday, and I love today."~~~

Rett

17 years 7 months ago

Thanks Peter

I was just thinking how hard people will get hit with the extra tax burden next year. I am afraid either one of them are going to hit people hard because of the bailout over here. England has a pretty hefty rate though don't they? Respectfully, Rett: "Can we vote no to all the candidates and start over? Please." Rett

Janice Pearce

17 years 7 months ago

Rett

Thank goodness you didn't mention the new poetry tax! Yikes Or maybe that comes under the think tax? lol nice write here Rett~ "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Will Rogers

Rett

17 years 7 months ago

Oh my, I see

another verse to add to it now! Thanks Janice. Respectfully, Rett: "Can we vote no to all the candidates and start over? Please." Rett

infinite_dwarf

17 years 7 months ago

wait and see...

I'll bet you what's left of your 401k that the next time you hear a "plop!" in your toilet, the IRS will be there.... Whimiscal, but also damn sad.... ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- -"It is better to be thought of a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt..." - Mark Twain

Rett

17 years 7 months ago

No bet Jess

The government is kinda sh, errr, messy anyway. You are right, damn sad. Respectfully, Rett: "Can we vote no to all the candidates and start over? Please." Rett

vonnegutfan

17 years 7 months ago

Rhett

Enjoyed the Rhyme and flow of this poem a reat deal

Rett

17 years 7 months ago

Von

Thank you very much sir. I get a kick out of doing different things. Respectfully, Rett: "Life is like a beach. Salty, gritty, somewhat fishy and at other times, downright crabby" Rett: 2008

infinite_dwarf

17 years 7 months ago

Woo hoo!

Janice and I were incorporated! Way cool! I have to see if I still have the hilarious email that one of my friends sent me. If so, I should forward it, or post it as a blog, 'cause it goes hand-in-hand with this... Still think it's sad, though, because it will probably all be true one day. Edit: Ha-ha! Found it! http://www.neopoet.com/node/14993 you should get a chuckle out of this... ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- -"If your mother still drives you to school, you ain't no 'gangsta', pull your damn pants up!" - Bill Engvall

Esker

16 years 1 month ago

i remember now the great poetry of this

how poetry is fun how the venting can be crafted this is very enyoyable rhett canadian goverment on natives cigarettes taxation is an old wound with natives we have new harmony tax for provincial federal minimum wage went up to ten twenty five an hour rent for some is five if you get a nice place groceries two hundred average for nice groceries we have a not bad system and have nenfits but it still hurts a wonderful poem Esker~

Mark

16 years 1 month ago

It's difficult

It's difficult to make up my mind what is more an enemy. Syntax or every tax LOL Fun reading, Rett.. Thanks, Mark Resilient Flexibility RUN; when there seems to be no answer common sense will not speak, so run - -go running..

Rett

16 years 1 month ago

Thanks everyone

Sometimes you have to do something funny to keep from screaming! *L* Respectfully, Rett: “Anyone who sacrifices liberty for security deserves neither.” Benjamin Franklin