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The Bewail City

The Bewail city

Ragged into pieces of pain
Each piece tormenting a certain taxpayer
Not even a solitary taxpayer skimped on
Oh the city of bewail!

Walloping at taxpayers 
With no apparent misdemeanor
Gazing as their dreams are being dismantled
As they gawk in utter dejection,
Hoping to discern a glim.

And with each passing day
Siphons life off them
But they hang on,
Grasping to life each single day.

Oh well, the high and affluent officers lively
Channeling the city's riches into vested interests
Squandering more city's riches into their own
More than a backyard garden spends water
More than a body spends blood
What city is this?

Timorous taxpayers hide faces in fear
Fear to question and combat all
Greener pastures out of reach
Trapped in the bewail city
Oh down in the dumps!

What city is this?
What city really is this?
A taxpayer shouted "It is the bewail city"
Oh it really is.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022




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Date: 11/21/2022 9:42:00 PM
Nice!
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Date: 10/13/2022 12:07:00 AM
Tax cannot bring relax in the public life without its useful utilization by govt!
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Tumisang Kadizwara
Date: 10/13/2022 7:29:00 AM
Right!
Date: 10/7/2022 10:41:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you.
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Tumisang Kadizwara
Date: 10/8/2022 1:39:00 PM
Happy to be a part of this great team too, Thank you so much @Beata Agustin

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