The octopus pursues the bait
With tentacles which number eight.
He also owns a wicked beak
Designed to tear and not to speak.
Most movies give the guy top billin’
So long as he will play the villain.
Bewildered, though, his best friend begs:
“What has he eight of, arms or legs?”
(It’s difficult for one who loves
The guy. What buy him–shoes or gloves?)
by Ray Romine Saturday, October 27, 1951
