Octopuses are no more a metaphor

For half a second I had 8 arms for

half a second I was moving

all the plates on the table, setting

forks, arranging

salad spoons glasses all at once

In Greece the octopuses hang

on fences to dry   already

beaten--

not too much
not too little

but a Goldilocks amount

of beaten so they

are not too tough

not too tender

but just the right amount
of beaten

and they are no more

a metaphor than anything else
I have seen today