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Sounds like he had a good fishlife exposing him to GW Bush (did you translate him into Japanese -but could count as cruelty-shame he missed the results of the election Us and our pets Best wishes Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: 26 June 2008 23:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: The Passing of Braincap Just a note to friends and well-wishers that Braincap, my eight year old Kyushu goldfish and the partner of my midnight ramblings has shaken off this mortal coil and has ascended to wherever it is the metaphysical portion of good fishes go. He (I truly believe it was a he, though sometimes I wondered), showed me that goldfish could truly be peaceful, thoughtful, planetary beings. In fact, as Braincap assumed his adult proportions (about 10 inches in length, four in girth), he reminded me of a dugong, with that same kind of "easy does it" manner; in addition he and his friends Biggie and Abc-sama all reminded me of a herd of little cows grazy on the stones of their near-industrial sized aquarium. Braincap was born in Fukuoka prefecture, and came as a group of six tiny fish that my son won at a temple matsuri (festival) in July of that long-ago time, just north of the year 2000. We decided to purchase a small plastic aquarium and introduced a bubble stone to keep the crew happy. Little did we know that these little fish would thrive and come with us by plane to our new home near Tokyo, and that they would stick with us to calm us and cheer us up through good times and through bad. Braincap was the most gifted of the crew. He recognized his name, watched CNN with me and offered passable commentary--at times blazingly intelligent commentary--on global warming and other subjects of vital concern. He did a great imitation of George W. Bush (fool me once...)and predicted that Weapons of Mass Destruction would never be found. When Hillary began her run he (or was it she?) swam hot and cold. Braincap was definitely for a woman running for office, but maybe just not that woman. I'm happy to add that Braincap was an Obama supporter, a tradition that he began and now I and the whole Ahadada group maintain. Braincap is survived by his spawn-mates Biggie (pushing 11 inches, 4 inches girth) and Abc-sama, and the Glass family of Shin-Urayasu. Tributes in experimental, conceptual, and visual poetries would be greatly appreciated. Post them to this list, or back-channel and we'll put the best up on the ahadada books website. Thanks, Jesse