Word play

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am proud to announce
The first ever play
That you’ll need to pronounce

You see it’s a play of words
Played entirely by letters
Most of the 26,
working together

The curtain draws
Out come “H” and “I”
For an opening statement
Of just simply “HI”

Then comes T and S
Approaching each side
To say just “THIS”
As they beam with pride

“T” and “H” exit stage left
Leaving “IS” on display
Then out run O and N and E
But E tripped along the way

Now stood “ON”
And this wasn’t fun
Til the E stood up
And spelled out “ONE”

The “O” stayed on stage
As many letters scurried
Spelling out “SHORT”
After they dashed and hurried

Then all went offstage
As four letters walked in
Spelling out “YALP”
Until they did a spin

The last word was “PLAY”
And that my friends is it
"THIS IS ONE SHORT PLAY"
We hope you enjoyed your visit

The curtains closed
And the crowd clapped on cue
But they weren’t quite done
There was one more thing to do

Back came the “O”
And it was quite a place
Out came a “W”
And a “b” that was lowercase

Seems the “B” was out sick
But out came his buddy
The little “b”
(his understudy)

And the word spelled “bOW”
As the curtains closed
Then all 26
Came out and posed

Well, it wasn’t that great
Yes, I’ve seen much better
But certainly never by
A bunch of letters

But don’t look for the ENCORE
No that you won’t see
Because, my friends
There’s only one “E”