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Inspired by Stephen King’s novel “The Shining”
What will you find in the snippets of memory, daddy?
How will you explain the black mutations of dreams,
the degenerate beasts of the hedges?
From the very beginning, everything was inside of us, we always
needed a trusted light to look inward – long paths
of history, swollen veins of the house –
I remember everything, which is why at night I’m called
by the dark brother of the earth – – –
Do you hear how loudly the hooves of the beasts’ rumble, daddy,
Your walls are too thin, you’re already breathing so heavily –
my bone of time is still open, my nerve of fear is still alive.
I drift in Your purgatory, I’m a lost little boy,
he says, I was a Sunday child, I had six senses,
but the hammer is so sturdy, it beats the time so strongly–
how loudly the thunder scolds, daddy,
how fiercely it tears at our windows –
so what if we shine so desperately.
translated from Lithuanian to English by Ada Valaitis
Lina Buividavičiūtė was born on May 14, 1986. She is a poet and literary critic. Her poetry is published in "Matter", "Masters", “Proverse poetry prize" contest anthologies, "Beyond words", "The limit experience", "Beyond queer words", "Maudlin House", "Cathexis northwest press" magazines and "Versopolis" poetry platform. Upcoming publications will appear in “New millennium writings”, “Beyond words” and "Poetry online" magazines. This poem is kindly translated from Lithuanian to English by Ada Valaitis.
