Beard Tax
With other nobles, I realize
that our nation is trying to modernize.
As I read this edict, I can’t believe my eyes!
This is the latest order received from our tsar.
God bless Peter, but this is going too far.
I consider this outrageous and weird.
He is taxing us if we want to wear a beard!
Is it considered barbaric to have facial hair?
Go against my tsar’s wishes? I won’t dare.
Copyright © Robert Pettit | Year Posted 2012
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