Speaking Of Operations

Ellis Parker Butler

I know something wonderful—wonderful;
So strange it will quite startle you;
So strange and absurd and unusual
It seems it can hardly be true!

I know something wonderful—wonderful;
You’ll hardly believe it can be—
You know my appendix? Well, honest,
I’ve still got it inside of me!

Next 10 Poems

• Ellis Parker Butler : The Ballad Of A Bachelor
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Ballade Of The Automobile
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Ballade Of The Mistletoe Bough
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Charge Of The Second Iowa Cavalry
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Cut Finger
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Daughter Of The Year
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Djolan
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Final Tax
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Golf Walk
• Ellis Parker Butler : The Hunter

Previous 10 Poems

• Ellis Parker Butler : Song For Heroes
• Ellis Parker Butler : Says Mister Doojabs
• Ellis Parker Butler : Ridden Down
• Ellis Parker Butler : Reasonable Interest
• Ellis Parker Butler : Partners
• Ellis Parker Butler : Outbid
• Ellis Parker Butler : October
• Ellis Parker Butler : No Beer, No Work
• Ellis Parker Butler : Night In The City
• Ellis Parker Butler : Mouths Of Hippopotami And Some Recent Novels