Legend goes…
when a woman walks under a Paala tree in bloom, at night
under a wondering moon, when flowers glow
above like secret candles or on deep
moonless nights when scents
snake-dance in the air, tease and terrify,
if the Paala sheds its flowers on the woman,
she turns into a Yakshi.
Her nails transfigure into exquisite
daggers of longing that can claw out
whole hearts. Her hair uncoils, then coils.
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