# Ellis Parker Butler's "The Final Tax"

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Podcast: [The Daily Poem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-poem-743540)
Published: 2026-04-15T14:32:36+00:00
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## Resource

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

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