Pon De Replay


All the gyal pon the dance floor wantin’ some more what
Come Mr. DJ won't you turn the music up

It goes 1 by 1 even 2 by 2
Everybody on the floor
Let me show you how we do

        Hey Mr.
        Please Mr. DJ


#Play

Because
Because

Because when the sun shines, they’ll shine together
Because he told her he’d be here forever
Because he said he’d always be her friend
Because he took an oath he’d stick it out to the end

And now that it’s raining more than ever
She knows that they still have each other
She can stand under his umbrella

Ella
Under his
Umbrella

#Rewind

Subject was driving a vehicle with Jane Doe as the front passenger.
Jane Doe turned the radio on and switched the station from where it was.
Subject complained about the change and Jane Doe turned the music up.
A verbal argument ensued.

Subject pulled over and attempted to force Jane Doe out of the vehicle.
Subject was unable to force her out because she was wearing a seat belt.
Subject shoved Jane Doe’s head against the passenger window of the vehicle
Causing a one-inch raised circular contusion.

Subject then punched Jane Doe in the left eye with his right hand.
Subject started the vehicle and continued to punch her in the face.
Jane Doe’s mouth filled with blood and blood spattered
All over her clothing and all over the interior of the vehicle.

        Hey Mr.
        Please Mr. DJ


Jane Doe opened the passenger window in an attempt to call for help.
Subject pulled her closer and continued to punch her. Jane Doe
Interlocked her fingers behind her head and brought her elbows
Forward to protect her face.

Jane Doe then bent over at the waist, placing her elbows and face
Near her lap to protect her face and head from the barrage of punches
Being levied upon her by Subject, who continued to punch Jane Doe
On her left arm and hand.

This caused a contusion on her arm approximately two inches in diameter
And numerous contusions on her hand. Subject placed Jane Doe
In a head lock with his right hand and continued to drive the vehicle
With his left hand.

        Hey Mr.
        Please Mr. DJ


Subject stopped the car and pulled Jane Doe close to him and bit her
On her left ear. Jane Doe turned off the car, removed the key from the ignition
And threw it out the passenger window. Subject began punching her
In the face and arms.

Subject placed her in a head lock positioning the front of her throat
Between his bicep and forearm. Subject began applying pressure
To Jane Doe’s left and right carotid arteries, causing her
To be unable to breathe.

She began to lose consciousness. With her left hand Jane Doe reached up
And pressed the horn of the car. Subject bit her left ring and middle fingers.
Jane Doe began screaming for help and Subject exited the vehicle
And walked away.

#Forward

        Come Mr. DJ song pon de replay
        Come Mr. DJ won’t you turn the music up


#Replay


Lithium


The night evaporates around me,
a white, bipolar flame. I waken into dreaming,
into a lithium ocean that engulfs and drowns me.

The night evaporates around me,
a stuttering of stars that taunt, confound me,
until this fragile sphere has lost all meaning.

The night evaporates around me,
a white, bipolar flame. I waken into dreaming.


Life Sentences

after Kotaro Takamura

Winter blares in from the road with me, an icy radio
Blast. I hang my coat, leaving in its inner pocket

Creditors’ papers, promissory notes, lots drawn
Against my few possessions, sculptures, sketches;

They would see them seized from me, trammel these
Remnants of my soul in glass encasements, bars;

The carver’s craft, the lithographer’s ecstasy of creation,
Swallowed by the world’s usurious maw.

Unaware, you smile. Imprisoned as you are under this
Pauper’s roof, amid wood whittlings, molded clay, you

Smile. As I unwrap this evening’s meal, red snapper,
Its simmered warmth dimming in my frigid breath.


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