Our yearly federal and state taxation,
For most of us a burdensome vexation.
Our 16th Amendment grants our Congress,
Power to collect taxes on income success.
But every April filing deadline,
Anticipated with an anxious mind.
A bureaucratic complicated mess,
Too many forms causing citizens distress!
So many rules and calculations invented,
To save or expend a penny is lamented.
But citizens need to contribute for all welfare,
So that we as a nation can persevere.
No exceptions for this arduous money task,
What a compassionate democracy need ask.
Bill Kibildis
Sparta