Single-hearted like Humans
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Jeremiah 17:9
The chambered nautilus unlike its kin,
The octopus and squid, has just one heart.
Perhaps this limits many sorts of sin
Available to creatures like this, set apart
From others. Octopuses manage three
Hearts each though whether this implies that they
Are more depraved religions can’t agree.
The science of these beasts cannot assay
Iniquity. If human hearts are vile,
Each one, then tripling them might well imply
A multiplying of their evil guile.
If desperately wicked, three times sly
Their natures, they might turn out being worse.
Perhaps shared single hearts avoid this curse.
~ Phillip Whidden