Tax is Love

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Tax is Love

A child at Starship on a drip

A classroom of bright portraits

Tax is the road to the marae and old bach

The railway track that sings

The bridge that bridges that deep gully

Of alone in the forest or the town

Tax is love and a map

For water so its drinkable, swimmable

Alive underground in secret flowing veins

Tax is clouds that look like animals

When you lie in the park

Or pray for the climate

Tax is people thinking that other people

Need to feel this good and safe

In a house with no mould

People who believe in each other

Giving something for the rainy day

The greater good

That kind of tax

That kind of love

 


Catherine Delahunty

Catherine Delahunty cannot, will not, does not, resist from writing. She has written her whole life, inspired by her peers. From the rich dairy lands of the Hauraki, Catherine is an activist across a range of issues from Free West Papua, Honour Te Tiriti, no mining in Hauraki and women's liberation.

Catherine is in recovery from 9 years as a Green Party MP and lends her wisdom to the pages of Awa Wahine.

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