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Death and Taxes

Unto the earth below my end commences
for I have committed life’s last offences.
  But not even death will save
    me from taxes in the grave
and now I can’t deduct living expenses!


            Written: March 2014
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Fowler Avatar
August 18, 2022 at 12:12 PM
Another good one! Linda
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August 17, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Funny!
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