Yes all you well-heeled
well-meaning Republicans
paying one's taxes
is the law and laws
can and should
be tested and questioned
and yes most folks like
having more money
rather than less
but laypeeps poorer than you
(the ones you are allegedly
trying to swoon
as we can see
through your kindly-televised
brainstorming sessions)
readily give up a portion
year after year
to pay for the continued
functioning of a modern
civilized society.
The part of taxes
the laypeeps don't like?
Funding government activities
they find morally repugnant
and funding people in power
who take the money
make the laws
and suppress and oppress
all those people
who we all know
don't actually exist.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
