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Forgery
A forgery
A copy of the original
All the same lines yet none of the spark
The painting lies there
It sits in someone's home
Wishing that it could be real
Wishing it could be original
Wishing it could be the one on the wall
With the fans
The admirers
Wishes it could be the rich one
The painting has a frame
A frame that contains it
A frame that makes sure it never cracks or frays
Even though the painting is just another cheap knock-off
The original doesn't need a frame
The original doesn't need to be protected because no one would ever hurt the original
This painting sits forlornly surrounded by its fellow forgeries beside it
The painting hears the words of others that walk by
Fake
Phony
Who would want that
The painting doesn't want to hang on the wall anymore
It just wants to be taken down
Somewhere it knows the original is being oohed and ahhed by millions
The original is being taken care of
But here lies the copy being dusted once a year
If it's even remembered
The painting is nothing but a copy
A brief echo of someone else's genius
And the painting had no choice
Someone else's brush work had made this painting
Not the famous, the brilliant or the legend
No this painting was made by a very normal painter
The ordinary, the mediocre, the forgotten
This painting will never have the chance to be the original
Not one day or one hour will it know what it's like to be one of a kind
And the painting will always be sad
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