Written piece
Of taxes and taxing
Jonathan Mbuna
Malawi
About this piece
Its about current government practices of over taxing its citizens especially the middle working class. Its like milking an already thin cow
Of taxing and taxes Part I
We are born in taxes,
Raised with taxes,
Educated via taxes
Groomed through taxes ,
Sustained with taxes
Die of and from taxes,
Get buried in taxes.
We are taxed here, taxed there,
Taxed young, taxed old.
Taxed poor, taxed rich!
Taxes on goods
Taxes on gifts
Taxes on services
Taxes on donations
Our mothers pay hospital bills and taxes
Our transportation to the hospital, is taxes
Taxes on fuel, taxes on body parts,
Taxes on call boys, taxes on touts.
Taxes for using roads, taxes for avoiding roads!
We buy pampers and milk with tax tags
We buy medicine with taxes on them
And when we die, everything is taxes
Taxes on coffins
Taxes on burial sites
Taxes on the hearse
Taxes on mourners food
Taxes on the wreaths
Taxes on deceased estate
Taxes on obituary adverts!!
Shall I say, this poem will be taxed too?
English translation
Of taxing and taxes Part I
We are born in taxes,
Raised with taxes,
Educated via taxes
Groomed through taxes ,
Sustained with taxes
Die of and from taxes,
Get buried in taxes.
We are taxed here, taxed there,
Taxed young, taxed old.
Taxed poor, taxed rich!
Taxes on goods
Taxes on gifts
Taxes on services
Taxes on donations
Our mothers pay hospital bills and taxes
Our transportation to the hospital, is taxes
Taxes on fuel, taxes on body parts,
Taxes on call boys, taxes on touts.
Taxes for using roads, taxes for avoiding roads!
We buy pampers and milk with tax tags
We buy medicine with taxes on them
And when we die, everything is taxes
Taxes on coffins
Taxes on burial sites
Taxes on the hearse
Taxes on mourners food
Taxes on the wreaths
Taxes on deceased estate
Taxes on obituary adverts!!
Shall I say, this poem will be taxed too?