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Dec 2012
He itemized his medical bills,
Maxed retirement deductions.
He's given cash to charities
and Democratic functions.
This scion of the one percent
knows its his cash they're after.
Manipulating tax returns
will keep him the last laugher.
A death this year is profitable
before tax cuts expire.
While he'll probably miss his parents
Still he set their house on fire.
He hates to see the old place go
but still he watched it burn
while thinking of deductions
for the Estate tax return.
Intended as a piece of black humor as we approach the dreaded "Fiscal Cliff"

( No actual parents were harmed in the making of this poem)
John F McCullagh
Written by
John F McCullagh  63/M/NY
(63/M/NY)   
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