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My Poor Taxes Bill

EStarkman

Limerick
My taxes just ran away.
But I had them just yesterday.
They rolled down the hill,
my poor taxes bill.
The bill is still rolling, they say.

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Written on April 27, 2022

Submitted by E.Starkman on May 10, 2022

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 138
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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