A long time ago 
There was a blue fish,
  
Who yearned to slip 
Into the big blue sea, 
Where nobody will 
Bother him. 

But instead, he spent all of 
His time swimming in circles
In his fishbowl.  

Until one day, 
He stumbled and fell. 
Causing him a severe 
Back problem.  

His physician recommended 
Him, 
To get a job as an acrobat 
In a circus, 
But there, 
They only had work 
For clowns.  

Since he already had 
Experience 
Being the laughingstock 
of his hometown when 
He was young, 
He gladly took 
The job.  

But to tell the truth, 
People hated him. 
And everybody threw 
Tomatoes every day 
at him during 
show-time, 
Making him feel
very sad.  

There was no other remedy, 
But to endure the situation 
With courage,  

So he opened his umbrella 
and rode his monocycle 
on a tightrope for years 
until he began to gain 
The respect of the people.  

He worked in the circus 
Until his retirement day,  

By then, he had become 
A famous Goldfish.  

But with nothing at the end,  
Had no choice 
but to 
Spent the last days of 
His life, 
Among some wooden horses, 
In a nursing home.