I’m The Last Goldfish In Your 100-Gallon Tank

And I’m never gonna die.

Photo by Cici Hung on Unsplash

At first, there were lots of us: cheap pet store goldfish, filling your tank with moving, living bursts of color. Visitors were duly impressed; their mindless young entranced by our beauty. And while most of us croaked quickly and were unceremoniously flushed (yeah, I know about that), a few lived for years, growing larger and stronger.