The Octopus (Trot)
- Throwing its ink against the skies/ heavens,
- Sucking the blood of what he/ it loves
- And finding it delicious,
- This inhuman monster, it is myself.
- Sucking the blood of what he/ it loves
- English - French - Trot
- Intro - Goat - Dromedary - Elephant - Orpheus - Octopus - Dove - Peacock
- Animal Poetry
- Intro - Goat - Dromedary - Elephant - Orpheus - Octopus - Dove - Peacock
Translations by Ursula Whitcher, 2001