Passion According to the Master

Based on the book The Master and Margarita

I

I lull Behemoth with a spirit tincture from my childhood.

My cat is a trickster; my cat is always noisy and disturbs everyone.

In a half-world with bars on the windows, I started a fire. Fahrenheit's heat is powerless

against manuscripts that do not burn. Azazel drowns the madhouse in clouds of fragrant Miros.

I am the Master, drinking the smoke of my beloved's cigar.

I am the only one who has managed to count how many devils fit on the tip of a needle.

All you have to do is prick your finger and let your heart pump shadows into your body.

The entourage has already spilled darkness.

I slipped.

II

When I moved into the black house, my only possessions were the books that had not burned.

Not long ago, I assembled new shelves in the bedroom – books colony expanded

and became our guardians. I welcome countless people into my bed and appropriate their

whispered intimacies – believing that I am protecting the sleep of all the strangers.

III

I bathe in mist. Margarita strokes my hair. The Behemoth grunts

beside me. The twilight zones are the safest.

Lina Buividavičiūtė is a poet and literary critic. She is an author of three poetry books in Lithuanian. The poetry book "Dark ages" will be published in Spain this year. Lina is a Pushcart prize nominee and two of her poems won Honorable mention at Writer's digest competitions.