Whilst waiting for a train

I purchased a paperback

From a railway bookstall

On its cover was illustrated

An impossibly handsome man

The brooding likeness of a Byronic hero

I envied him as I have a soulless face

His eyes were wild raven

Mine are a watery blue

He had a strong physique

Whereas I am reed like in appearance

Yet we both shared the same name

Which brought me a small degree of comfort