If only,

I could find a crack in that canvas,

Pry it apart

Peer through,

And see the other painting

I know must be there,

The painting that has to be more real

Than the one in the gallery,

The one you painted,

That deft piece of forgery,

The painting that everyone passes by.



If only

I could find a crack

In that canvas

On which you painted my portrait,

Maybe someone would stop and take notice.