THREE STRAW LADIES

Three straw ladies

in three places

before a wall with straw hats—or faces

(difficult to tell)

and bare feet

but these are straw as well

and do not dance

their only music a bell

that tolls a beat

for straw shadows

that leave no traces

on sunburned lands

Why does the heart skip a beat

for three who only seem to be?

Three

faceless traceless straw ladies

in a Dali-dream