SurVision Magazine / Daphne Milne

Violet

Octopus ink starts black, thins to violet as it disperses. There's an octopus in the sink. Its eight arms have a brush attached to the end of each of them. They scrabble away among the plates, mugs, glasses and flatware hiding under the surface suds. The surface is so covered with scum, the detritus of past meals, it might be possible to skate on it. The octopus doesn't skate. Its control of its limbs precludes any such joyful activity. Its joy is in the scraping, slushing, submarine clearing away of the remains of a seafood banquet; prawns, lobsters, oysters, and the octopus's small relatives, the squid and the cuttlefish. Under its breath the octopus sings. The sounds that come out of it echo off the ceramic tiles behind the sink.

Daphne Milne is from Exeter, England. Her chapbook, The Blue Boob Club, has been published by Indigo Dreams in 2019.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Fifteen DAPHNE MILNE Violet Octopus ink starts black, thins to violet as it disperses. There's an octopus in the sink. Its eight arms have a brush attached to the end of each of them. They scrabble away among the plates, mugs, glasses and flatware hiding under the surface suds. The surface is so covered with scum, the detritus of past meals, it might be possible to skate on it. The octopus doesn't skate. Its control of its limbs precludes any such joyful activity. Its joy is in the scraping, slushing, submarine clearing away of the remains of a seafood banquet; prawns, lobsters, oysters, and the octopus's small relatives, the squid and the cuttlefish. Under its breath the octopus sings. The sounds that come out of it echo off the ceramic tiles behind the sink. Daphne Milne is from Exeter, England. Her chapbook, The Blue Boob Club, has been published by Indigo Dreams in 2019.
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