If this octopus escapes an open tank,

look carefully around, then worry.

It can scuttle over land.

Longer than a car,

it squeezes  through an orange-size

hole.  The beak?  In its crotch or armpit,

take your pick.  Ignore the venom

that dissolves flesh.  Stronger than

a body-builder.  Truly its suckers, shape,

ink, brain: Unique.  Not a vertebrate.

Breathes water!

If you see it,

vibrate in your boots,

then scoot.

FEWalls  April 8, 2016

Source:  Sy Montgomery  Soul of an Octopus