Works of Art

Have you ever seen The portrait of a dog Painted on the road, Not in the great tradition Of living colours as you’d Expect, but in all the Terror and detail of An untimely death? Have you ever seen The sketch of an imposing house Rendered not in vibrant charcoal But the coal of shattered Hopes and burnt out hulks- The work of the Great Artist above Or the mean imitation of an earthly forger? Have you ever seen The picture of an ocean beach With dark waters lapping The fish-laid shore, Not the magnum opus of A master in oils; but The work of an oil slick? Have you ever seen These great Works of Art? And have you ever wondered why You had to be The great portrait Of a Master Caricaturist?