Beat the devil..

All ye in strife take note

Old Morris McHugh works for the revenue

makes sure all working folk pay taxes,

so loves his job, most proficient

the more he aquires, the more he climaxes 

Whatever folk earn, he'll gleefully intern

this spurious man devoid of a heart,

mean Morris McHugh, loves to tax you

money quaffing official, hard to outsmart

But I work the system, much to his chagrin

he can stuff tax, where sun don't shine,

a failsafe plan, zero tax goes to that man

assisted by my chickens and grunting swine

I told the old crank, no money in my bank

so can't be taxed if earnings are nil

eggs and bacon for sale, cash on the nail

stashed under mattress, thus no tax bill

And should Mr McHugh, visit my home, no. 22

he may accidently fall into a vat of rye,

be ground up mushy, fed to hens, pigs unfussy

hence no body, no crime, corpus delicti!

( corpus delicti - the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

Author's Note

Please don't report me, I'm only kidding!!

Reviews

[Marie]

You beat the ol' devil, Tom. You were way ahead of him! A well penned humourous write which gave me giggles as I read and I'm still laughing! Poor ol' Mr. McHugh was only doing his job, Tom. I bet you he was a very nice person outside of office hours? You narrate the tale so well, you are a born storyteller! Can't wait to read your next poem! I know it will be even more funny, Tom. Thank you for sharing, dear poet. Lovely work, as always...

[Tom]

Thank you Marie, I've edit/rewrote poem as it was penned last night while I was more than slightly . inebriated so makes more sense now.. I hope?

[emmajoygreen]

Please publicise, scare the devil and all his associates to holes in their own unbalanced pockets! The average being now pays for his or her own life... then comes that highwayman and his demands.. send him to Coventry, let him fall under the hoofs of any passing gee-gee - sez I! Witty, clever words from you - more than apt in the present UK climate!

[Tom]

Thank you Emmajoy, I've edit/rewrote poem as it was penned last night while I was more than slightly . inebriated so makes more sense now.. I hope?

[Poetic_Vixen]

A trickery over the trickster...hmm...quite amusing there, can I talk about this witty, humorous tell tale, I'm just very impressed here with nothing much to say. Sigh.

[Tom]

Thank you Muskaan, I've edited/rewrote poem as it was penned last night while I was more than slightly . inebriated so makes more sense now.. I hope?

[Poetic_Vixen]

Aye though raw the idea was there, comical and pin point with satires on the character, I was gobsmacked by it, I may have addressed it a bit oddly, pardon me, and this version is even better, refined humour, the witty references and I'm totally satisfied with the ending, shall it happen, those of crooked intentions are worth this. I'm awestruck of this one my friend!