Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Aug 2017
It's not any great tragedy but the mundane,
the quotidian, which taxes me:
haircuts, shaving, the mowing of lawns;
leaf-raking, tooth-brushing, driving to work;
taking out the garbage, matching socks;
flossing, timesheets, getting gas for the car....

I long to be forced to flee at night,
all wits and energy required just to survive.
Hear Lucius/Jerry read the poem:  humanist-art.org/old-site/audio/SoF_078_taxes.MP3 .
Lucius Furius
Written by
Lucius Furius  67/M/Evanston, IL
(67/M/Evanston, IL)   
392
   ---
Please log in to view and add comments on poems