SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO (Spoken Word by David Randall Curtis)

Big special thanks to PoetLina for great input in editing this poem. Subscribe to her at: www.youtube.com Also, thanks to Largo64 for coming up with a better title than I had for this poem. Subscribe to him at: www.youtube.com I have a poetry book that comes with two spoken word DVDs available at: www.filmbaby.com –or contact me at [email protected] if you want a signed copy. TWITTER: DRCpoetry FACEBOOK: David.Randall.Curtis SKYPE: David.Randall.Curtis MY VIDEO RESPONSE SETTINGS ARE TO AUTO-APPROVE—ALL VIDEO RESPONSES ARE WELCOME—THEY DONT HAVE TO BE ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC AS MY VIDEO. The text: SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO Sandra and Kelly lived next door and we three became friends. I was seduced by their extremes. He drank life in. She snorted it. His slurred speech mixed with her hyperactivity made the inevitable arguments seem laughable –until he got the last word by sending her to the hospital. She told me through cracked teeth no charges would be filed so long as he got the rehab he needed. Kelly hop scotched over the twelve steps. He knew the motions. He knew what they wanted to hear. He knew how to con his Higher Power and when he was released Sandra was all he’d talk about at the bar. Meanwhile, she was doing methamphetamines, vacuuming at 4am, telling support groups she’d broken the cycle –only to wind up staring at his picture for hours on end. When her bruises healed Sandra quit the meetings and insisted I keep her company; shed smile and say I was a nice guy –but …
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