Dancing Rituals

Just when
did humans first begin
to feel like humans
with an identity
to love-making-
making love come
spinning out of the mud
and the elements
of two shadows dancing and weaving,

And in love-making
possessing the object
of their desire
by molding clay
by carving stone

out of the fire.
That is,
When did two stand apart
want to pursue
their own pleasure path
and call passion a union.
When did love-making become making love
and making love
become making art?
"Kissing My Ancestors"@BB Smith pg 8