French Taxation Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

File tax defence within the thirty days,
Remember, all the time, guilt’s presupposed,
Escape impossible till case is closed,
Nor even then - tax cat with mouse man plays,
Creating havoc as his traps he lays!
Here proof, and there procedure: “Please enclose
The triplicates at your expense”, opposed
As ever with a stamped, official phrase.
X is a random factor to appraise
Assessments arbitrary, once imposed
The bailiffs come, the mortgage is foreclosed.
It is a trial to turn a Kafka crazed.
Oh, leave with a loaf, some wine, some verse.
No assets, nothing left to reimburse!