["A New York Diagnostician declares that the modern flapper is a healthier and happier girl than the Venus de Milo." -- @3News Item@1.] Beautiful Venus de Milo, Sickly and crippled and sad; Has no more arms than a silo -- Some think she never has had. She cannot rank with the Flapper; Scientists give her this slap: For whatever their charms Marble marms, Without arms, Cannot be expected to flap. Beautiful Venus de Milo; Worried, neglected, alone; Known from Honduras to Hilo -- Well, and quite fav'rably known -- She's not a belle at the parties, Petting's not done in her set: For whatever their charms Marble marms, Without arms, Cannot be expected to pet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WISE WOMAN by SARA TEASDALE JEWISH LULLABY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE TWO MYSTERIES by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND by THOMAS MOORE THE MORAL FABLES: THE FOX AND THE WOLF by AESOP |