Someday, an artist will paint it and it will
hang in plain view in a distant gallery.
Don’t worry if, at first, all you see is a gilt frame
surrounding black space. Look deeper and you
begin to feel a presence there, pulling you inward.
You notice faint rings and arcs of light appear
and a slight twitching in the fabric as if to signal
there’s more to the picture hidden behind the canvas.
Draw closer now and you will know its true face
as the fabric stretches apart and the lights go dark.