From a children's collection-in-progress titled Life at the Aquarium:
GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS
Enteroctopus dofleini
Could you open a jar with your arms?
Could you teach me to juggle eight squid?
Do you name every one of your thousands of eggs?
Are you jealous of how the nautilus swims?
Do you know how to speak to the oysters and clams?
Does the cuttlefish get on your nerves?
Is your pressurized world claustrophobic sometimes?
Would you walk on two legs if you could?
Do you hide when the wolf eels are hunting?
Do you still hear the ocean's faint echoing sound?
Are you looking at me as I'm looking at you?
And what, may I ask, do you see?
Copyright 2010 by Steven Withrow. All rights reserved.
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