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| photo by Alex Stoddard |
He was purchased on a whim from the dime store
The kids kept whining and begging and well,
you know how it is
He was only $5.99, including the bowl
No one ever imagined he'd actually live so long
The kids fed him dried leaves
and bird feathers
and sometimes forgot to feed him at all
They even took him out to play with him
and dropped him on the floor!
There he was-all covered in dirt and moss
We were sure he was dead then, but no
They rinsed him off and he was fine
He's outgrown his bowl
and 3 tanks
He's costing us a fortune in food
and he doesn't do very much
I guess we're stuck with him-
he's so big that if I flushed him now
he'd probably clog up the plumbing.
submitted for The Mag 114
