Andy Warhol’s Three Sisters
by Alan Catlin
Not the weird ones
like Macbeth’s three
witches
but the McGuire ones
No one was more famous
than they were
once up on a time
though now
barely a memory
perfect Warhol subjects
as only he could know
fame’s transitory nature
All of them dressed
in formal black
with full veils
Maybe at a funeral ?
But who smiles at funerals ?
Or are the identical smiles
just reflexive on their part
whenever a camera is near ?
Or are they
the ultimate Pop Art
Polaroids
Maybe on the way to
one of Capote’s infamous
black and white parties
celebrating his latest
face lift
fresh wounds still showing
stitches as well