2.4 The Ballad of the Octopus by Simo Srinivas

<p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"\"The Ballad of the Octopus\" by Simo Srinivas is a haunting, luscious tale of an octopus who loses an arm to a man, who in turn devours it, hopelessly intertwining their lives and existences."}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":1049533,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":2},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":2}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"10":1,"11":4,"12":0,"23":1}"> "The Ballad of the Octopus" by Simo Srinivas is a haunting, luscious tale of an octopus who loses an arm to a man, who in turn devours it, hopelessly intertwining their lives and existences.</span></p> <p>Copyright khōréō magazine 2023. Story by <span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"\"The Ballad of the Octopus\" by Simo Srinivas is a haunting, luscious tale of an octopus who loses an arm to a man, who in turn devours it, hopelessly intertwining their lives and existences."}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":1049533,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":2},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":2}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"10":1,"11":4,"12":0,"23":1}"> Simo Srinivas</span>, edited by Aleksandra Hill. Audio edition read by Sunny Osahn and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.</p> <p>Visit khoreomag.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KhoreoMag.</p> <p>Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley<br /> https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley<br /> Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0</p>