Poem Number 137 - Taxation Time - 22/7/1986

Bring in all your financial return!

Bring in everything and don’t a burn!

For we want to explore, in your individual standards,

The kind of lifestyle you are currently living in.

All your personal details will be kept discreet,

But don’t blame us if the press leaks it out!

We’ll query every dollar you earn, every day,

So that there will be little refund or we’ll even ask you to pay us.

We don’t believe in tax dodgers,

Only the big ones we’ll only bother about.

But for the most cases we’ll take our time,

And record all on all: on our secret computers.

For once and only we’ll give no warnings,

For “law breakers,” it’ll take years for the courts to go through.

Mainly big dollar earners with lots of egg in their basket,

Are the main ones we concentrate on, to get our best.

So don’t be late to return your ‘return’,

And never forget to insert your correct figures.

So that we will issue a cheque of a little sum,

And there is no black mark, against your name.