- The Auditors Are Coming: : Humour Poem by Alessandra Liverani

The auditors are coming, a week from today
Everything that you can, please put it away
Those things on the shelf that have sat there for months
Put them away, we’re playing hide and hunt

The auditors are coming, they’ve boxes to tick
Don’t leave anything lying around on which they can pick
Those innocent looking tapes, what secrets do they hold
Only the whole financial record of the company’s gold!

The auditors are coming, for audit type 7799
Are we compliant with all of the guidelines
Are we in accordance with every one of the regulations
So all boxes can be ticked, and we can have celebrations!

The auditors are coming, they’re coming today
Quick, hide that cable, put it out of the way
The auditors are coming, they’re right at the door
Oh just shove the lot of it under the floor

(Sydney, Australia - 2007)