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When you are the only one
who understands how to use the tax software,
you end up doing taxes for friends--
not that you are an accountant, mind you, just that
you know how to navigate the software
and the computer,
which your Luddite friends avoid
like, well, like a tax audit.
Five days later you realize
you haven't written a poem in days.
A mutter'd curse upon the IRS as
you print out the last tax form, and wonder
if there is a poem buried in the 1040 somewhere.
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When you are the only one
who understands how to use the tax software,
you end up doing taxes for friends--
not that you are an accountant, mind you, just that
you know how to navigate the software
and the computer,
which your Luddite friends avoid
like, well, like a tax audit.
Five days later you realize
you haven't written a poem in days.
A mutter'd curse upon the IRS as
you print out the last tax form, and wonder
if there is a poem buried in the 1040 somewhere.
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Although computer savvy, I am self-employed and have to make those quarterly payments, so I use a tax-preparer, Jane. This poem has Jane written all over it. I constantly holler, "Jane, stop this crazy thing! Jane!"
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