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