In Over Her Head by Elsie Russell - Parnasse.com

Maia drained her cup hurriedly as she lay the empty saucepan
on the floor. Max entered from his rooms and stood in the entrance,
silently stooping, his hands anchored to the door posts.
Oblivious of everyone, Ula lifted up her arms then brought
them down caressing her long bony body as she swayed to some
internal music. Before she got too far down, Alessandro got up and
threw his arms around her, his hands cradling her bald head.
Her eyes to the ceiling, she lifted his arms from her head and
brought them gracefully down around her hips, and began chanting in a
faraway voice, "I am the phoenix rising from the ashes to the music of
the spheres. Immortal I approach the spiritual firmament."
She spun slowly away from him, raising her arms high as if she
was levitating. He took hold of her again, though not as tightly as
before.
She hissed into his ear, "The jade girl rides a blue phoenix—"
Max, disgusted, slam his door and returned to his rooms,
cranked up the decibels. Maia pulled Penny into the kitchen and hissed,
"You see what she did to herself now? But she has lost more than her
hair, this time!"
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