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Best Death And Taxes Poems

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Death and Taxes
Now that I'm dead I can finally relax,
worry free of April 15th and filing my income tax.




3-22-17...

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Categories: death and taxes, anxiety, death, humor, money,
Form: Epigram



Premium Member I shall find a way or make one
(Inveniam viam)

Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails 
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the...

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Categories: death and taxes, dark, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme
Charleston Harbor
The brightly colored houses lighten my emotions.
The cobblestone streets encourage by shaking the worries away.
A town on the ocean's edge, aware of the power of...

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Categories: death and taxes, placesocean,
Form: Narrative
These Are the Days
These are the days uncertainty is in our midst
although folks often claim ignorance is bliss
often these folks tend to wear rose colored glasses
ignoring the signs...

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Categories: death and taxes, america, angst, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
These Two Things
Only two things are certain in life,
death and taxes
You can cheat one,
but you can't cheat the other
Ooh, what would a person give to live
They would...

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Categories: death and taxes, allegory, parody, perspective, truth,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Second Grade Knowledge
Knowledge of the universe, knowledge of good and evil
What is at the end of infinity? OK, infinity came in tenth grade....
Hell fire and brimstone scorches...

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Categories: death and taxes, inspirational, philosophy, religionme, universe,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Tomorrow
Ah, the Sphinx-like mysteriousness  
Of tomorrow. While not promised
An invitation to new discoveries and epiphanies
Zest for lifers, optimists, idlers all await 
With breathless anticipation
...

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Categories: death and taxes, day, how i feel,
Form: Lyric
Earth: 4022 Ad
They can sense what the drones
are sensing. They can see what the
drones are seeing.

They can walk hundreds of miles
without exhaustion. Thirst and muscle
pulls are alien...

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Categories: death and taxes, future, humanity, identity, imagery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Ideology
Old fruit tree
By front porch;
July harvest

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A dear friend visits
Chat over old times;
Feeling young again

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Scary dream last night
Unhappy endings;
Morning aftershock

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Jigsaw puzzle pieces
Mickey and company;
Difficult fit

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Morning ritual
Early...

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Categories: death and taxes, change,
Form: Haiku
April 15, 2013
They say that the only sure things
Are death and taxes

After gathering information and a bit of math practice and
carefully filling out the forms
And sending them...

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Categories: death and taxes, april, death, life, people,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Reasons For Seasons
Honey. 
A question.

One?

For now.
Subject to chain-reaction change.

As long as we're clear
about our lack of restraining rules.

Quite so, dear.
I'm wondering about that line
"Jesus is the reason
for...

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Categories: death and taxes, christmas, earth, holiday, humor,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Bottom Dollar Disgrace
"Bottom Dollar Disgrace"
With a gunshot style wink, he made a prayer from one father to another.
As a vagabond lied his way to pseudo rabbit foot's...

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Categories: death and taxes, care, emotions, encouraging, forgiveness,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Probabilities of Life
We want a sure thing,
But all we're really sure of
Are death and taxes....

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Categories: death and taxes, humorous, life,
Form: Haiku
Food For Thought
A stitch in time could save nine that makes sense
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, that’s recompense
By hook or by crook, by the...

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Categories: death and taxes, life
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member It's Gonna Happen, Might As Well Have a Laugh
Speculations abound, on the news and Internet.
Doomsday prophecies, when the planets alignments set.
But I have my theories, that I will share with you,
might as well...

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Categories: death and taxes, funny
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things