10/30 Tax Return Fandango

Dumpster dive for receipts

Empty drawers and old files

Build a shrine of financial regret

To the year just gone by

It is April

And once again

Procrastination has triumphed

The threat of deadlines and penalties

Looms ever closer

Despite the year-long vow

To avoid filing for an extension

Again

The option is more attractive by the moment

There will be no juicy return this year

Oh, no.

Money is owed

Uncle Sam is eyeing that wallet

More desperately than in the past

We know the score

Time to pay the piper

We dare not keep him waiting