O Merciful Mackerel,
Striped Judge of the Sacred Sea,
Whose flesh is oily and wrathful,
I kneel before Thee - spine bowed, gills open.

Let not thy blows be few nor gentle,
But let them rain like judgment from the brine.

For I am but a sinner,
Unworthy of the slap,
Yet longing for the final flurry of fins.

Smite me thrice, O Mackerel Most High -
Once for my pride,
Once for my debts,
And once for forgetting to descale the holy pan.

May thy body strike mine
With all the vigor of the tides,
Until breath leaves me,
And I ascend to the Eternal Reef,

Where the slap never ends,
And the faithful flop forever in peace.

Scale me, break me, beat me -
That I may be reborn in your image:
Slick, stunned, and sanctified.

In your blessed bruising, I find truth.
In your oily wrath, I find release.

Into thy scaly embrace I surrender.

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