Filling Out Forms

Forms are of my existence the bane…

Though forms are supposedly worded in language plain

Since they are meant to be filled by the lay person on the street

Filling out a form without errors is like accomplishing a feat

Forms are of red tape an archaic manifestation

Each time I have to fill one out, it is an exercise in frustration

I submit a form, hoping I have plugged in the right information

But something is invariably wrong the first time, to my consternation

Often one or more questions I have misunderstood

Which is baffling- with my level of education I should

Not have difficulty understanding instructions in language plain

Perhaps filling out forms requires using a different part of the brain

That is somehow underdeveloped in me

Which is why filling forms is not easy..

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Since filling out forms gives me intense anxiety

I shy away from activities that make it necessary

To complete and upload forms, especially in transactions financial

That has limited my financial footprint to an extent substantial..

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In the modern world where your life is searchable on the internet

Why should forms need to be filled out to get

Information that can in a matter of seconds be found

It is just an outdated norm that has for centuries been around..