Is brilliant.
One body with eight boneless arms that works together
To pull and push itself across the ocean floor.
Three hearts pump blood through its gills and organs
In a well-coordinated symphony of understated elegance.
At the helm of each arm is a brain that multitasks
And frankly, would make any blue-blooded mother proud.
The eight-ring circus of suckers
Equipped with chemical sensors
Can color coordinate, paralyze, burn and
solve any puzzle or Wordle with relative ease.
It can also express distaste for shape shifting,
venomous politicians, brimming with conceit.
Yes, this ink is for you.
11/9/25 Cornelia DeDona
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C. S. De Dona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2016, her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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