At first glance, the lovely Arctic town symbolized perfection
Rambling streets, cute churches, musical hills, nothing required any correction
Visitors to the town saw its beauty, and were awe-struck, their jaws open wide
But what they did not realize was that this beauty had a terribly dark other side
For the town, despite all its beauteous glory, was extremely small
Which would normally be fine, for that is what made it so pretty after all
But the ambitions of the people of this town were exactly the opposite
And the town was proving to be too small for those ambitions to fit
So when they realized that they needed more space
The people put up these signs at every possible public place
And now, after a hard day’s work, the seagulls,
The butterflies,
And the flying fish,
Had no place left to sit and relax in peace
For each open space in the town was now packed with iron monsters like these