I was in the sixth grade
And I had a best friend
We walked beneath a stalking
Grey sky
To the local pet store
We found goldfish
Under a sign that read
"5 FOR $1.00"
There were about 100 of them
Frenzied in a small tank
Eating each other's ****
And screaming underwater
I said "Lets buy 5 and set them free
In the puddles of the rain"
We bought the fish
Found a jack in the box
Bought some breakfast biscuits
Then went out back
We emptied the fish
Into a rainbow tinted oil puddle
I started to feel the hands of Christ
Twisting at my intestines
Then James started smashing the fish
With his busted up sneakers
He was smiling
And eating his breakfast biscuit
I wanted to stop him
But his mom had died of an overdose
And his father ended up
with her sister
It all seemed
Justifiable
And that's when I realized
How rotten the world really was
And the rain just kept pouring down