Taxation

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

Accountants go round in a frenzy of audits and numbers, while the rest
of humanity tries to get tax forms filed in time. A crazy time of year
when the garden needs attention as well, so it’s busy at work or play …

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TAXATION

numbers gyrate
across tidy columns                                        006.3.1.14.blog..

juggle to the next
calculated equation

divide by statistics
multiply sideways

before being maximized
by my absent-minded

confusion of accounts
bent by computation

to this accountant’s
incorrect answer

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my scans - after 18 112 coverNEW! To Bethlehem: ‘This little book is delightful, full of … poems on this timeless subject. … the most fun is the little prose vignettes of the common people in the Christ-child story. The slave who looks after the wise men’s camels, or the overworked maid at the inn who has to fetch water for the birth, and many more. A lovely gift for the reader on your Christmas list!’ Rosalind Adams. Available from Amazon and Kindle.

About Joanna M. Weston

Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons, Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
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