Atop the blanched plume of a pampas grass stem, Overlooking a sea of white daisies Stretching out to the edge of a wild flower lea Where the forget-me-not bumblebee lazes, Is the grandiose house of the butterfly king Filled with treasures and precious excesses, With a bright yellow spire built from pollen ball bricks Home to three rather lovely princesses.
The fairest of all in that field and beyond Their beauty was famed and fought over By the slow sliding slug sheiks of blackberry nook And the ladybird lords camped in clover. Each one with wide eyes firmly fixed on a prize That made shy spiders scurry and scutter, To see those red painted yet delicate wings Underneath sun kissed skies gently flutter.
Lovesick and besotted with hearts beating fast Each suitor petitioned for marriage, To win for themselves a sweet butterfly bride To parade in a crab apple carriage. But the majestic monarch alongside his queen, Both filled with parental devotion, Wished for their three daughters to choose for themselves And would not entertain such a notion.