Yesterday was a sad day at the Beracah house.
Our beloved fish, Zeus, has died. He was sick. And to be honest, I'm not quite sure how he died. But in his last days he turned completely red, except for a white, bloated face and big black eyes. Oh, it was dreadful!
We gave him a proper funeral (complete with a reading of the poem below) and have now entered a indeterminable time of mourning.
Ode to Zeus DeChildensen
Zeus, we knew that you were sick
When Kevin said you had "the ick"
It happened only yesterday
And we tried to make it go away
You were once Beracah's token male
But now to the heavenly fishly seas you'll sail
Your blueish-green iridescence we'll certainly miss
About your striking beauty we'll ever reminisce
Belly up is how we thought we'd find you
Instead your face was buried in the depths of blue
You always welcomed us home at the end of the day
And listened to everything we had to say
As sensitive a man we'll never find
Zeus DeChildensen, you were one of a kind!
(original post can be found here: http://thebeckster.blogspot.com/2006/09/my-new-roommate.html)
5 comments:
Becks, my heart is still hurting this morning!
You forgot to tell about how we set him asail upon the heavely fishly seas to the song of "Peace Like a River."
"When sorrows like sea billows roll..."
Oh, also—
“Please do not send anything in lieu of flowers. Flowers are just fine.”
yeah. i left that part out on purpose.
:P
So y'all buried him the old fashion way, down the swirling mighty toilet bowl.
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