4/12/11

Another year of weighty taxes paid,

And what have we received in equal turn?

Can any of us claim we’re less afraid,

Of loosing comforts, arduously earned?

Has anything discernibly improved?

Is anyone informed or less misled?

Have legislative cancers been removed,

Or do they amplify when aptly fed.

What purpose serve these dues for which we’ve toiled,

To guard this manifold from breaking down?

What use is keeping mechanisms oiled,

When those who tend them leave the springs unwound?