Nighttime
--Yusef Komunyakaa 

Did a big brain.......raise us
..........into mountains
to range
..........over the valley,
to see
..........the approach.....before
whoever it was.....knew
..........they would walk
a path
..........between dusk & dawn
half-awake?
..........An eye squinted,
& sex as idea
....................made the lids dance.
Now, the brain
..........pauses.....on the edge
of ascension.......or surrender, one
..........sleepy hand
pointing at a totem,
..............& the other weighing
a stick
..........or jagged stone.

[via POETRY November 2017]