Goldie the Goldfish

He is only a Goldfish
bobbing about in a bowl
Oblivion to everything 
An orange lucky soul
He seems quite content in this round clear dish
but then again he has no feelings
Haha he is merely a fish
Or has he no emotions ?
as he surfaces for food
I rattle his minute flakes in a bag
You know I am sure he understood

I sprinkle a few flakey fragments 
ontop of the water
I always get this job to do
tho he belongs to my Daughter
But the novelty went away after she won him at the fair
alas she can’t play with Goldie
so she got sick of him in there
Yet Goldie isn’t bothered
infact he cares not a jot
He didn’t hear us cheer when she got three balls in the pot

Huh I pleaded with my little one
to pick some other prize
but of course she had her heart on a Goldfish with her eager wide eyes
So like us Mother’s do I totally gave in with an “Okay but you gotta keep him clean” when she chuckled with a grin
Goldie the goldfish swims round and around rising to the surface and then diving to the ground
He has a long swishy tail and is as orange as the fruit
I’ve kinda got attached to him coz he is kinda cute