The Not So "Innocent" Spouse-----in Rhyme

The Not So Innocent Spouse             1/7/17                         

It’s not for love and happiness that married people yearn

It’s for the chance to finally file a joint return;

Accountants often say

They’d have it no other way;

Oh, for once to beat the tax man

And maybe save a couple grand;

Then the troubles begin and fingers point

Why did I ever file that return joint!

The Devil made me do it for I am but an innocent child

He/She’s the monster, She/He knew it all the while;

I studied fine art and basket weaving

He majored in law and minored in deceiving;

Of those deceptions I am green

Thank heaven for Code Section 6015;

My Ex, the skunk, over the coals IRS should rake

I am but an innocent spouse and I deserve a break!

“But of these things you knew well;

Violate your oath and it’s straight to hell”

“But Judge have mercy my ring a fleck, a tiny pill

My clothes no labels and from GoodWill

My car a lease way over due

And this marriage has made me, oh, so blue”

“I sympathize with your tax mess

But that resolution is for the IRS”

And so it goes, how it may burn

Having filed that damn joint return.