Wild Bill Balding - Imago

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/