I should have seen this coming

But I must have been too preoccupied

13 is a taxing age

It was a taxing year

Taxing times

Tax money torn from our hands

Taxed to line old money pockets

Was this the start?

I still can't pinpoint the date

Was I even thirteen?

I think it was a Saturday

I didn't see this coming

I didn't see it as it hit me

I see it now

The penny dropped years ago

Our final penny

Evading and swirling down

I wonder where it will go

Corrupt piggy banks

Armed piggy banks

Countries perhaps

Unelected leaders

War zones maybe

The final penny circles the drain

I knew I lost something that day

ButI didn't quite realise how much