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The Cuttlefish Man

Then for a while he had nothing to say,
And I was content to leave it that way;

But his tentacles just couldn’t keep still:
I saw they were twitching, against his will,

Churning the dark water as he kept pace
With me; and when I looked down at his face,

It seemed to me he had screwed up his eyes
Like a baby does—just before it cries.

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