I bought two lotus buds,
six betel leaves, and a long
thread of vibrant yellow and orange
marigold necklace from the flower
vendor, near Kali Mandir who
appears during the Durga Puja
and disappears after the visarjan.
mysterious man, we see him
every year and yet, don’t know
from which far land he comes
from. but unlike, other vendors
he is famous and more in demand.
no, not because of his mysterious
story but rather his peculiar lotus.
while others lotus flowers are mostly of
white or pink color, his lotus are of
blue, purple, and yellow too.
the color of the crown.
the color of divine energy
and that too embedded
in lotus petals.
some say he is a saint.
some say he is an occultist.
I say, he is a flower vendor.
