Once upon a time ago
In a land not far away
Beside the clearest rivers
The unicorns would play

The sky was always sunny
The rainbow had an end
And the leprechaun guarding the pot of gold
Was the unicorn's best friend

But then, one day, a creature came
Who called himself a man
Saying that they all must leave
That this was now his land

He built his home and planted seeds
He sent the magic trees away
And soon the world came about
To what it is today

The leprechauns, they up and left
Tying their rainbows in knots
Forming circles with no ends
And packing up their pots

The unicorns just disappeared
They had no place to go
And soon pollution got so bad
That it began to snow

The fairies and the cherubs
Had all become extinct
There was but one last unicorn
The final magic link

He looked for a companion
And though he tried and tried
Without another for his mate
The unicorn all died

Now they live in just one place
Right off the astral station
It's in the fifth dimension
It's called imagination

 

For: Cynthia Sullivan
January 16, 1985