(The Pomegranate-Dress)

Four women came to visit me.
They all wore the same dress.
Not four identical dresses
but one dress encased all the four women.
How was this possible?
The dress was like a large pomegranate.
Each had her place within it.
They stood in a diamond formation:
one leading, two wings,
the fourth making up the rear.
Naturally they had to walk in the same direction,
sit at the same time,
and stand up as one.
They were willing
for the sake of wearing this dress
on their visit to me.
I served them tea and bought cakes.
Naturally we talked at length about the dress.
They wore sunglasses
with cat’s-eye frames as accessories.
I fell in love with them
though I had known them for a long time.
I wanted to take them out of the dress,
but it was not easy.
They managed to free their breasts.
The dress wasn’t designed
to be removed any further.
It was a creation of Balenciaga.
All this happened many years ago
when Balenciaga was at his height.