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The Cuttlefish Man

Then from some indistinct source in the mist
I heard a voice —one that rattled and hissed.

“Stop struggling right now, you foolish young clown!
All of this thrashing is slowing me down.

I’ll do the swimming and you just keep still.”
Next came a sentence that gave me a chill:

“Everything’s going according to plan—
You’re in the arms of the Cuttlefish Man.”

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