THE ABOVE TRANSLATED

Punctuation (colon)
has it perished in the dark
like a firework or been stolen
by a robber (question mark)

It (apostrophe) s
maybe sold out from the shop
to the poets or the press
who have used it all (full stop)

(Open bracket) It was me
and I slipped it in my jacket
for my rhymes (apostrophe)
pronouncement (stop, close bracket)