The Innocent Museum Invasion

Roy F. Barrows

We hadn't thought
about the last painting
and this one was
just thick layers
of oil paint,
but then we discovered
if you stood back
far enough
it became
a car on a city street.

We took turns standing
in front of the painting
walking backwards
until we could tell
what it was,
but the game wasn't fair
because you couldn't tell
if anyone was cheating

Dennis said that 
it must have taken 
a long time
for the paint to dry.

And then there was
this picture
of woman
naked.