Tax Appraisal

Mack Hall, HSG
mhall46184@aol.com

Tax Appraisal

Most happily the county and the state

Have no ability to count or rate
Our memories singing across the land:
Roaming with Robin and his Merry Band,
Getting the cows up at the end of day
The distant rumble of the Santa Fe
The ancient forest just beyond the fence
The stings of bees that made one yelp and wince
Kissing a girl beneath the old oak trees
(O what a flirt she was, a scamp, a tease!) -

But

Governments can’t tax our memories or dreams,

So we are free to fish in Lethe’s sweet streams