Mona Lisa

By luigi_pagano

Mon, 09 Feb 2015
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6 comments
 

It had been stolen but now the art world knew
that the Mona Lisa was back, safe and sound.
Guillaume Apollinaire had been suspected
but eventually the real culprit had been found.

Now once again the painting was in full view
gazed at by a supposedly interested art lover.
He was Yves Chaudron, a well known forger,
who was well disguised being undercover.

He read in the Gioconda’s enigmatic smile
that she knew that counterfeit was implicit
but she would not breathe a word to anyone
which meant she was happy being complicit.

It was just one of that painting reproductions,
(six copies having been made by that rake)
that now hung on the Louvre Museum’s wall.
Not the original work but a clever fake.

© Luigi Pagano 2015

Certificate U
Poem
Are you being versed?
Other Fiction
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

That's what she's smiling about!

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Without a doubt, Philip. She has a wicked sense of humour.

Luigi

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

And you have such a store of historic knowledge and interest, Luigi. I had to look up this story. You have sumarised it so concisely, and in neat  verse. ( the rhyming eg 'implicit' 'complicit' worked in naturally but aiding the enjoyment of reading) Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

It is a feasible scenario, Rhiannon. The painting was missing for two years and that was ample time for forgeries to be manufactured. The idea of that possibility germinated some time ago and the IP gave me the opportunity to expand on it. Coincidentally, tonight on channel 4 news there was an item about a fake being put among genuine paintings to see if it could be easily spotted. Glad you enjoyed the tale.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Bee on

I like it, too. 

Bee

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

You have made my day, Bee.

Cheers, Luigi