The Developer

I showed him a garden full of beautiful flowers Made lusher and greener by the recent showers The songbirds in song in the sunlight of day But where beauty is he only see decay I showed him the lake where water birds did abound Above the clear waters dragon flies buzzed around The look of displeasure did darken his face He said why bring me to such an ugly place Together we walked on the banks of the rill That babbled downland from the foot of the hill But he did not seem impressed not one bit at all He said there's no beauty here for me to recall Then I showed him a place where all of the trees had been cut down And he said what a beautiful place for a beautiful town.