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Feb 06, 2009
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The "No-seeums" Stole My Tax Forms!
You know those little summer bugs
that never leave you alone?
They swarm in black clouds
get stuck on your glasses
and fly into any orifice left exposed.
Well two of them, named Jif and Skippy
went flying off with my taxes!
I awoke to little giggles emanating
from those two black dots
with a white sheet of paper between them
flying around my room.
The cat looked mildly interested at first
and then decided that it wasn't worth the effort
to investigate further.
I give chase, as I'll be damned if two little
annoying bugs get my 1098-T tuition credit!
In the bathroom now, they let the form drop
and it circles lazily, before coming to rest
in the cat's litter pan.
Emitting another chortle, I see them bee-line
to my newly completed 1040A.
"No!" I cry. "Stop!"
"Not the completed form!"
For if you destroy that, how will
I get my refund?
I give chase yet again
and reach them as they alight onto the instruction manual.
With a satisfying "squish!" my two little thieves are no more
and my taxes are now safe (for now)
or at least until the government gets ahold of them.
that never leave you alone?
They swarm in black clouds
get stuck on your glasses
and fly into any orifice left exposed.
Well two of them, named Jif and Skippy
went flying off with my taxes!
I awoke to little giggles emanating
from those two black dots
with a white sheet of paper between them
flying around my room.
The cat looked mildly interested at first
and then decided that it wasn't worth the effort
to investigate further.
I give chase, as I'll be damned if two little
annoying bugs get my 1098-T tuition credit!
In the bathroom now, they let the form drop
and it circles lazily, before coming to rest
in the cat's litter pan.
Emitting another chortle, I see them bee-line
to my newly completed 1040A.
"No!" I cry. "Stop!"
"Not the completed form!"
For if you destroy that, how will
I get my refund?
I give chase yet again
and reach them as they alight onto the instruction manual.
With a satisfying "squish!" my two little thieves are no more
and my taxes are now safe (for now)
or at least until the government gets ahold of them.
— infinite_dwarf, Feb 06, 2009
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Critiques
Rett
17 years 4 months ago
I guess Jif and Skippy
infinite_dwarf
17 years 4 months ago
oh my
infinite_dwarf
17 years 4 months ago
yep!
poewriter58
17 years 4 months ago
Jess
infinite_dwarf
17 years 4 months ago
:~)
orgami
17 years 4 months ago
taxes
infinite_dwarf
17 years 4 months ago
Orgami
Blue_Halcyon
17 years 4 months ago
Hmmmm
JWwildcat2012
17 years 3 months ago
I dont see Jif and Skippy at refund time..........
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