Fish Prayer

Came home after donating blood this evening and found Izzy giggling uncontrollably on the couch. He was re-reading a comment he posted this AM on Waldie's blog, expressing his condolences for the loss of their pet fish. He wrote his comment early in the AM and apparently hadn't remembered how profound (and profoundly silly) he'd been in his little composition.

Here it is for posterity:

Domine Deus iustissime, te rogamus ut huic pisculo pacem sempiternam dones. Ne in baculi formam compressatur nec cum iure ullo quocumque edatur. Octopodibus iniustis et digitis liberorum viscosis vitet. Requiescat non in cloaco sordido sed in pace tua. In nomine filii tui, cui pisces placuisse videntur, amen.

Most just Lord God, we ask that You grant unto this little fishy eternal peace. May he not be pressed into a stick nor eaten with any sort of sauce. May he avoid wicked octopodes and the sticky fingers of children. May he rest not in a nasty sewer but in Your peace. In the name of Your Son, who seems to have liked fish, amen.

Sorry about the fish, guys.

(12/5: Typo fixed, based on comments from those who know Latin far better than I.)