The Octopus

Throwing its ink against the sky,

Sucking the things it knows of blood

And finding they are very good,

This inhuman monster, it is I.

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English - French - Trot

Intro - Goat - Dromedary - Elephant - Orpheus - Octopus - Dove - Peacock

Animal Poetry

Translations by Ursula Whitcher, 2001