They tax us for riding, for boating, for flying,
For dancing, for golfing, for eating, for dying,
For going to movies, for fancy night-clubbing,
For reading, for breathing, for swimming or tubbing,
For standing, or lying, or smelling, or seeing;
They tax us for sitting, and doing, and being.
And right at the height of the infamy
They scare us with Pay-as-you-look TV.
by Ray Romine Wednesday, August 22, 1951
