poem

petah touch

Aha, water dog down
Jumped from plank like
A jazz trumpet jumps
Crowd mad -bass player humps
"Wha? Wha yuh seh bwoy?"

"Sorry fi magga dog
'im turn roun bite you
touch seh dat seen"

Out he comes wet
Duck mouth blowing
Cheeks puffed like trombone
"Man? Who? Wha?"


"Wha yuh mean man?
But -yuh no easy
If you jump inna fryin pan
You gwine bun up too-

I -seen sah
a wha yuh deh pan man?
you mussa gone mad
duck dog trombone
nuh blow pan de land

a jus petah a gwaan like
'im no gone, a ball 'im
a ball, till dupy dem run
'cause man is a man
and deh time soon come"

"inna lights 'im seh"

"bwoy yuh behta run"