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20 May 2007

Fish Funeral


This morning I conducted a fish funeral. The largest of my three ghost carp died last night after gracing my humble fish pond for twenty years.

There was a very poor attendance at the funeral; no other fish turned up, and I acted as grave digger, pall bearer, chief mourner and priest. I consigned his earthly (watery) remains to somewhere beneath my shrubbery and despatched his spirit (if he had one) to meet his Cod.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry about the loss of your friend.

Larjmarj said...

Teyata... gate'gate' para gate'para sam gate' bodi svaha...

A Buddhist prayer for the departed carp.

He may meet his cod or come back as a amphibian.

Anonymous said...

i am a fish lover myself, so yes i am sorry about your fish. twenty years is a long long time.