In the Eye of the Beholder

Beauty is We moved to a new house I carefully removed the uglies And left the pretties in the small garden plots Under the windows Mom came over for a visit And asked why I had such well-tended Weeds out front Who knew? Queen Anne’s Lace was once Prized And brought over to the New World Still pretty, I guess she’s now considered A pest Who knew? Same goes for rabbits in Australia Puritans in the Americas People on this planet Who knew? Somebody somewhere Must have thought it was a good idea At the time