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 …
TAXATION
numbers gyrate
across tidy columns
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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