Like
a Red Admiral without a fleet,
a Painted Lady out of lippy,
a Large Heath that's been built on,
a Camberwell Beauty in need of a facelift,
a Small Skipper without a rope,
a Purple Emperor sent into exile,
an Orange Tip with a dose of the blues,
an Apollo stuck at Cape Canaveral,
an Adonis Blue that's got out of shape,
a Brimstone without a spark of fire,
a Grayling forced to work in colour,
a Queen of Spain Fritillary under Franco,
a Small Copper with a duff arrest rate,
a Comma without a greengrocer's stall,
a Large Tortoiseshell without an occupant,
a Wall rammed by a stolen car,
a Bath White with chipped enamel,
a Silver-studded Blue with infected piercings,
so am I
without you.
Wild Bill Balding
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/imago/
