We brought him home in a bag
From our local K-mart 
Back when we still had those
A real blue-light special
That, he was 

You wanted to put him in a bowl
I agreed fearing his fate

Later we bought him a bigger bowl
Then you used your tooth fairy money 
To buy him a neon pink tree 

The months rolled into years
You grew, he grew 
Finally you named him 
Mr. Gold
Pulled a lot of teeth 
From fishbowl to upgraded tank

When we moved
He moved with us 

He lived to be 9 years old
We buried him
In a bubblegum box
In the flower bed 
Out by the Morning Glories

The finest goldfish funeral
“For the most dapper Mr. Gold
In all of K-Mart.”

He was your first pet
And the first one that you ever lost
A true heartbreak for us all.