Pappus

Heads that have turned grey in death, the lifeless who've shed the weight of life soar on the wings of wind. In the haunted mid-noons when only ghosts venture out, they fly high untethering the binding greens Unable to attain salvation souls of men haunted bodies of women, and men were possessed by souls of women. Like human beings souls are also not permitted same-sex love. The haunted body bound in the magical squares to unpossess the grip of ghost, the parallel souls that occupy the body fought one another: Who leaves and who stays? The last drop of life in the seeds flattened by famine, let them sprout in the rains of life! Notes: The pappus is the modified calyx which functions as a wind-dispersal mechanism for the seeds. The pappus may be composed of bristles (sometimes feathery) , awns or scales. The name derives from the Ancient Greek word pappos, Latin pappus, meaning 'old man', so used for the woolly, hairy seed of certain plants. The Malayalam word for Pappus is അപ്പൂപ്പൻതാടി (Appooppan Thadi) (Malayalam) literally means the (grey) beard of a grand old man. More Notes 1) In stanzas 1&2, metaphor of ‘ghosts' is used for pappuses. 2) In stanzas 3&4, the metaphor is taken forward. 3) In stanzas 4&5, the verdict of Supreme Court of India against Same-sex Marriages is referred to. 4) Stanza 6 cites the state of a ‘possessed' person: one body and two souls. Is there a choice here for the exorcist on the ‘soul' to be exorcised? What if the original soul in the body is ousted leaving it in the possession of the ghost?