by Diane Destiny

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The Octopus

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THE OCTOPUS is deadly to mollusks, crustaceans, other small creatures. Imprisoned, the animal reveals its fluidity, slithers its tentacles, circles them, pushes their saucer-like disks to suck against the aquarium glass. Colors change from tan to orange to spotted brown matching the shade of rocks or a sand mantle. Lurking, it darts out to poise its beak, envelop captured mussels, scallops, snails. I watch these small deaths, remote and detached, safe and dry outside the glass cell. By Joyce Stein

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