I Shall Be A Silent Hallucination

Actually,
I do happen
to resemble
a hallucination.
Kindly note
my silhouette
in the moonlight.
The cat climbed into
the shaft of moonlight
and wanted
to keep talking
but was asked
to be quiet.
Very well,
I shall be silent,
he replied,
I shall be
a silent hallucination.
--Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita

Grateful Dead; Eyes of the World...10/19/74