Unicorns and Chemicals

Take off all the marigolds
From the wreath I don't hang anymore
It feels like I am that elephant in the zoo

I read he'd swayed like a lunatic
I read that he died of lonliness
I heard that they used to keep a man in there too
Who wrote on the floor of his cage:

I wish that there were unicorns and chemicals
That could help me forget I'm a miracle
I wish that there was a place where I could go
Where I wouldn't feel like I'm an animal
To you, and yours

The flowers, removed, were pressed and arranged
Inside a book I never read by a fisherman
But I did see that show about those apes in the zoo

I watched as one hung herself from the bars
I watched her throw her body against the walls
I heard that they used to keep a woman in there too
Who wrote on the side of her leg:

I wish that there rainbows and sleeping pills
That could help me forget that I am not well
I wish that there was a place where I could go
Where I wouldn't feel like I'm an animal
To you, and yours