Episode
Ellis Parker Butler's "The Final Tax"
- Podcast
- The Daily Poem
- Published
- Apr 15, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 201
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Summary
Today’s poem is very much on-brand for Butler, whose best-known short story, “Pigs is Pigs,” concerns “a bureaucratic stationmaster who insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs.” Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe