Night, by Wole Soyinka
NIGHT —Wole Soyinka, b. 1934, Nigeria Your hand is heavy. Night, upon my brow, I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds, to dare Exacerbation from your subtle plough. Woman as a clam, on the sea’s cresent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea’s Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant Of the waves. And…