S.I.P. Steve Metz
Steve Metz
My daughter, Georgia, met Steve at a wedding reception. He was doing a gig as a centerpiece, swimming around in a little glass bowl, swishing his bright orange tail and ogling the guests with his flirty fishy eyes. What Steve didn’t know was that once the reception was over, it was either hitch a ride home with a guest or take a quick trip down a sewer pipe. Luckily for him, Georgia was seated at his table.
Steve went home with Georgia in his little glass bowl, and it wasn’t long before the two were inseparable. Georgia quickly exchanged Steve’s meager accommodations for a luxury tank complete with plastic plants, colorful rocks, Sponge Bob and a pineapple house. Steve, in turn, blew bubbles, wiggled back and forth, and from the way he pressed his tiny fish nose to the side of the tank every time she walked by, made it clear he loved Georgia as much as she loved him.
While Steve’s origins and age are unknown, in the little over two years he spent with Georgia he:
Traveled cross country 3 times.
Had a book dedicated to him: To Steve, a fish, but also a star in our eyes!
And inspired a verse in a soon to be released children’s song on Owen Duggan’s CD.
Pretty remarkable…but then, Steve Metz was a remarkable fish.
Though Steve is now swimming with the angels, his memory here will always live on. S.I.P. Steve—swim in peace!
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