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Unread 04-16-2002, 08:43 AM
Roger Slater Roger Slater is online now
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OCTOPUS SUICIDE NOTE

Two arms, two legs, how could they cope?
No wonder they all thrilled
to watch my eight long tentacles
do any trick I willed.

Under-legged and under-armed,
longingly they'd watch
the firm and giant tentacles
arrayed around my crotch

balance balls or show their might
through tricks I did for food.
I thought that it was permanent,
not some brief interlude.

But then one day the tent came down.
No one watched my tricks.
I felt like Jesus placed upon
a double crucifix,

every tentacle quite nailed
to form an octagon.
If heaven boasts of circuses,
I'm glad I'm moving on.



[This message has been edited by Roger Slater (edited April 18, 2002).]
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