The Cephalopod Saint

A broody octopus kept a vigil. For four years and five months she bravely clung To a rock, and guarded her ripening Eggs from predators. She starved to death to Give life to her young. One may regard this as A reproductive holocaust.Her flesh Was consumed by ravenous angel fish. She was obliterated in a flash. Perhaps her death is symbolic of Nature's Altruism or is just a matter Of primal instinct? That said, whatever One's perspective happens to be, it seems That if she had been human she would now Certainly be revered as a saint.