Last night
my goldfish
died,
driven insane
by syphilis
***
I guess I really
should have been
better about
changing the water
***
As atonement,
I wanted
the fish to have a
proper
Christian burial,
but, for all
my re-search,
I could find
nothing
on the subject
***
So, taking
a page from
the Bible,
I wrapped the
fish in it.
***
Bon voyage, old friend.
RIP Vida
by Mary Cellini
© 2021
t r e f o l o g y 
(1) “I really should have been better about changing the water.” Apple cider vinegar would have given your goldfish a more vibrant color.
(2) Good luck Googling goldfish graves.
(3) Your goldfish will be reincarnated as a megalodon of biblical proportions, and will star in a Jason Statham sequel.
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It was quite a moving experience to see, David. I wish you could have been there, instead of me.
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Gulp!
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And then we all sang, “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”. RIP
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Then we sang my favorite, “Nearer My God to Thee (Tho Why Now, as I am so Young)”
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:D The Mermaid Tabernacle Choir was very impressed.
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Sad.
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Well, I hope not too sad. Thanks, Mich
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I hope you picked the page with story of the loaves and fishes. That would have been appropriate.
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Yeh, but I am pretty sure they eat that fish
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Clever! :) :)
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Thanks, as always, Betsy
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Sad.
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Oh, Sadje.
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😟
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Ha-ha. Alright.
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🤓
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Insanity does not a cause death. The Coroner will be investigating. Please do not leave the country.
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It’s a fair cop.
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Thanks, David
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Excellent!
Still grinin’!
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Thanks, 00individual. I appreciate it.
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I mean, really, I read the first comment and those shoes are too big to fill.
LMAO
At the comment. Not goldfish death.
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Hah! I dig it, Seliza
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You two were lucky to have the time you did. “Old friends” are with us forever.
Man we got to get together for a meal and talk things over.
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Whynot? Thanks, Ccbh
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My last goldfish — Moby Dick and Sasquatch… long gone but fondly remembered….
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I bet you could write a whole novel on Moby Dick, though Sasquatch was always sort of a mystery.
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Ha! :)
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Sad and beautiful.
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Thanks, Janny
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What a beautiful fish! Very photogenic.
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From what I am told she was very special.
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