See What You Made Me Do

[couchgrouch]

See What You Made Me DoI cut school and came home covered in grass stainssnuck mama's Shnapp's...broke her Graceland ashtraysall in the name of funtold my kid brother to eat a tadpoleran his shorts up the gradeschool flagpolethen mama saw what I'd doneshe said, "boy, take off your belt"and I knew I was deadso I pointed at my brotherwiped a fake tear and said,"see what you made me dosee what you made me doa man ain't got no shameif he won't take the blamefor what he puts others throughhe just says see what you made me do"later I dropped out to go my own waybut during my brother's graduation daymama never looked proudershe never said a word about my new Trans Amshe just stared when I left early to meet a manabout some powderwell, I wrecked that Transthe night I got caughtas a thousand bucks blew down an alleyI stared at some baggies and thoughtsee what you made me dosee what you made me doa man ain't got no shameif he won't take the blamefor what he puts himself throughhe just thinks see what you made me dowhen Mama bailed me out my world looked blackshe said it's a hard road to hell but twelve steps backthe worst mistake a man can makeis not owning up to his mistakesthough a wasted life makes some men suicidalnow I thank the Lord, look at the bible and saysee what you made me dosee what you made me do(c)2005 Robert George