No Doctors Today, Thank You

Ogden Nash 1902 (Rye, New York) – 1971 (Baltimore)



They tell me that euphoria is the feeling of feeling wonderful
well, today I feel euphorian
Today I have the agility of a Greek god and the appetitite of a
Victorian
Yes, today I may even go forth without my galoshes
Today I am a swashbuckler, would anybody like me to buckle
any swashes?
This is my euphorian day
I will ring welkins and before anybody answers I will run away
I will tame me a caribou
And bedeck it with marabou
I will pen me my memoirs
Ah youth, youth! What euphorian days them was!
I wasn't much of a hand for the boudoirs
I was generally to be found where the food was
Does anybody want any flotsam?
I've gotsam
Does anybody want any jetsam?
I can getsam
I can play chopsticks on the Wurlitzer
I can speak Portuguese like a Berlitzer
I can don or doff my shoes without tying or untying the laces because
I am wearing moccasins
And I practically know the difference between serums and antitoccasins
Kind people, don't think me purse-proud, don't set me down as
vainglorious
I'm just a little euphorious

About this poem

Published in the November 14, 1942 issue of The New Yorker Magazine.

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Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was, during his lifetime, the most well-known American writer of light verse, and his popularity has continued after his death. His witty style has been imitated by many, but none have quite equalled the old master. more…

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