A BETTER EYE VIEW

I once found a tiny octopus 
curled up in a tiny abalone shell
I thought my eyes deceived me 
but he hitchhiked up my finger,
perhaps for a better look at me.

11/13/12

Here's a story about a peckish red octopus stowaway at the Monterey Aquarium and his year-long midnight crabfest and how he was busted—caught, er, red-handed by a security guard at 3 AM. To be an octopus's jailer is a thankless task.

And here's a link to a story of mine about Houdini the Octopus.