I'LL NEVER TO ABLE TO AFFORD CABLE - spoken word poetry

[samdougken]

mouth too dry to kiss

and not drunk enough

to want to

anyway.

Thanks.

[TheDaveFrom1952]

"Through my window the world looks

like and old black & white movie

on a cheap television set

with bad reception."

I have the same problem with my window.

Oh, how I wish I could come up with lines like this. Love the poem David - and rozeboosje's translated version too. 5 *****

[MyPunkGang]

great stuff

[EtaForsaken]

just perfect idea!

[xSadisticTormentx]

your words are so striking and vivid, and always leave me in awe.. thankyou for creating these wonderous poems, and for sharing them with us +5 StarZ+

[InmediasMe]

Raw, my friend. G o o d and raw.

Love 'em that way.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

You paint pictures with your words that are more vivid than most artists are capable of producing with their paintbrushes. I found this one expressed a bleakness to me that we all sometimes see in the world [even without the hangover, girl and alarm, hehe ;)]

[LesDirect]

Really enjoyed the visual and the sensual your words and delivery created in this one. Yea. I reeallly liked it :) There is much to be said about those kinds of days....

[DavidRandallCurtis]

LesDirect: thanx very much. However, my blue bunny from France named Mone (see icon picture) demands that all future comments from you be made with your pink rabbit ears on - she feels she can relate better to you that way :p ---- thanks again for commenting.

[LesDirect]

Uhhmm, we just completed a big move and I can't find them..pretty settled--but maybe they are in an unopened box--will try--but I may be sans ears in the next one..we shall see!

[jevoshawke13]

Masterful.

I'd like to think that I can relate to this one.

-red

[DavidRandallCurtis]

jevo: thanks for the kind words. I'm very sorry you can relate to it though :p

thanx again for commenting!

[christopherinsc1981]

Nice poem

[araneus1]

So much atmosphere............

Thank you for adding to my day.

spider.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Spider... thanx... i am surprised from the reaction to this... I almost didn't post it because I thought folks would be put off by it.... once again, my own work shows that I have no idea what I'm doing :p I appreicate yer comments a lot!

[araneus1]

It is so hard to know what people will like. But in the end it is more important that you are proud of what you produce. People seem to be attracted to passion (there is a whole thesis in the meaning of that word).

spider.

[leftysergeant]

Playing the hand you were dealt?

Thinking of an old Kenny Rogers song here.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

lefty: ever see the Reno 911 where Garcia is assigned to protect Kenny Rogers? Classic.

Actually, the origin of this poem - the person in question - was a pretty damn good hand... I f**ked that one up... :(

[leftysergeant]

Knowing what to throw away and what to keep is definitely the secret of it all. I think more than one person out there is kicking himself for a foolish discard.

[paisleypower30]

Nice one :)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

paisley: Thanks so much - yer so nice :)

[marycigarettes]

oh stop brow beating me you silly goat......i'll post videos when i'm good and ready... the world will continue to spin on its axis just fine......i'd like you to grow a beard and wear aviator shades and smoke cigars...[cohiba robustus]...it will look good in your videos.

[marycigarettes]

i'd love you to strangle me..that would be such a thrill.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Mary: I'm considering stragling you if you don't make a new video soon - ya lazy, drunken wanker (takes one to know one :p ) - well, we could strangle each other at the same time... I hear its not a bad way to go sometimes :p --- and also it would be a great way of getting out of paying the bar tab.

[EllaFarworth]

Very Sweet, David. I really love this one :)

[RogerStevensPoet]

Excellent. Sorry, can't think of a witty response. It's getting late...

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Roger: well, that makes two of us. I can't think of a witty response to your comment lacking a witty response.

I say we forget all this and go out drinking!

(I'll pay you back later - I swear :p )

[kel2corkey]

Inspirational

[HatshepsutSheba]

Thanks David. I felt like a voyeur watching this one. lol Your 'in your face' style appeals to me as you express your modern western man persona. Enjoy your creativity...

[PlayboyHerbie]

Wow! TWO of my favorite DRC remarks in ONE poem.

I won't delve into the "strangle it" except that you need a new mail order bride - FAST...

And I thought that you only used the "Not drunk enough" only in response to the employment interview question "Are you drunk?".

[smartbluecat]

Beautifully morose. Great stuff!

:o)

[colamoonpig]

Wow... David, you are the king of poems !

Your real life peoms are always a delight to hear. This one is going straight to favourites ! 5 *****

Hans :o)

[TrentDonovan]

Great creation of imagery in this one - I love the passage about the world looking like a black & white movie!!!

Dave:)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Trent: THAT figures being the film director that youtube actors fear as you run your productions with an iron fist... Oh, I've heard the horror stories... I felt very cheap after the "casting couch" session I had to go through to play "Uncle Stu" - but a gal has to find work :P ----- seriously... naw, let's not be serious today... it's too damn hot... :P

[TrentDonovan]

Well - you know - ya gotta break eggs to make an omelet right? hahaha I should get my casting couch a youtube account and let it talk about how terrible I really am LOL

Dave:)

[EdMuirton]

Great poem David! It's proberly obvious that I'm not really a poetry sort of guy, but I always enjoy your videos man. Cheers!

[DavidRandallCurtis]

EdMuirton: That is my favorite thing to read - when someone that is not into poetry likes my drunken yammering... thanks man...

[AppleStar7582]

what does it take for a gal to con YOU into reading her poetry?

[DavidRandallCurtis]

AppleStar: Oh well... I don't know... sometimes I just watch videos and think, "man I'd like to take a crack at the one." - the poem, I mean... :p ....seriously, the next one I'm doing is by 1Aware1 (she is very underrated I think) ...also, there is a lot of stuff I like but is so specific to the person reading it I can't imagine myself (or anyone else) doing it... ...I'll have to double check what you've got posted... Peace honey :p

[InsatiableBlonde]

wait.... you mean you put make-up on the blue bunny Mone?

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Insatiable Mogan, Mone has a team of buff boy servants that apply her make up, feed her carrots and rub her shoulders all day :p

[InsatiableBlonde]

as long as you wren't in bed with the rabbit.

I would have to pay you to upload some private vids of that... big market for taht in the cities.

ROFLAKLTSCOYN

(roll on the floor laughing and keep laughing till soda comes out your nose)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Insatiable: Hey... Missy Thing... how DARE you bring that up... even Marylin Monroe did a porn film... you can't hold that against Mone... a rabbit's gotta do what a rabbit's gotta do... me, I was in a porn once. It turned out to be a "short subject" - RIMSHOT! - oooooooh!

[InsatiableBlonde]

rimjob...

oh, nevermind...

I knew that was you in David Does Denver.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Insatiable: actually, the only job I could get on that film was "fluff boy"...

...I'd rather not talk about it :(

[InsatiableBlonde]

oh...on the set of Citizen Pain.

hehehehe, I thought I recognized the back of your head.

(And I'm doing all this without a drop of rum...)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

insataiable: this may be off topic - but that scene in "The Pirates of the Caribbean" - where the girl sets all the rum on fire on that desert island - that brought a tear to my eye. How could anyone do something so cruel? :p

[InsatiableBlonde]

I wanted to beat her, myself. but then again, if that was me with jack there....

I'd be telling the ships to leave.hehehehe

Rum,jack and sun, oh yeah......

[InsatiableBlonde]

I think you were still dreaming....

[peterjohncooper]

Cheers Buddy from your English fans.

Peter

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Peter: You subbed KarinFredrika! You are ultra-cool in my book. She is my favorite singer/songwriter. Ever. Quite seriously. --- anyhoo... I've noticed I get a lot of subs from England and Australia for some reason... When I think of England Derek & Clive always come to mine... I think I have every bit off their 3 cds memorized... thanks for the comment....

[peterjohncooper]

I'll tell you the worst job I ever had.....

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Peter: those Lobsters can be a bitch! :P

[xxxSunbeamxxx]

Ummm...interesting - those last 3 lines.

I can't decide whether that is a posiive acceptance of all that is, or a somewhat depressed resignation to all that is. I like that.

Please don't tell me :)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Sunbeam: actually, this poem is about all the meaningless one night stands I've had and drunken days wandering the streets with a bottle in my hand; bumping into walls and muttering your name... all because you won't dye your hair jet black and marry me.

Brat.

[AhimsaShadow]

"The alarm goes off,

I leap to the dresser

and strangle it."

Took me much too long to realize you meant the alarm, not the dresser. haha.

It's poems like this which are why you're amazing. Ohh, the sky is hungover!!

:) peacee

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Ahimsabrat: What I MEANT in the poem is I strangle the servant that puts my clothes on me every morning... :p

[AhimsaShadow]

oOo... well, hey, why didn't ya say that in the first place!?

and who in the world has a "dresser"? I think you make things up, you lie to mee!

[nicanicabad]

I adore you.

[janeczka]

So many images I like in this. One of my favs of yours, I think.

Good to see Mone too.

I'd be glad to do a French version of one of your poems. At least it'll sound decent!! mwahaha!!!

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Dear Brat I mean Janeczka - well, you should know by now you don't even have to ask - you can do anything of mine in any way you want in any language you want... I do this out of sheer pity for that butt kicking you will recieve online with the SoulCalibur fighting game... I am unlocking everything I can in SC4 and obessively customizing Seong-Mina.... Raven says the match should be taped. I am thinking Pay Per View :p

[DRU131]

Good poem...and nice tie...

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Dru: at last... someone with some fashion sense! it is one of those skinny, 1980's new wave ties... I love those... thanks for the comment man...

[thefetusboy]

Hah, now I feel bad for being lazy about commenting. This is really great. I like it.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

fetusboy: that happens to me all the time... I'll forget to check on my some of my favorite YouTubers and find they've posted 5 videos since I last commented... then I get all parnoid and think they think I am ignoring them on purpose... thanks for stopping by - it's about time! (kidding :p)

[Largo64]

David, your stuff just gets better and better. I haven't quite come to terms with unstructured poetry, but I'm really trying to adapt. If it's all this good I will be a true believer soon.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Largo: well, structured, unstructured... all that matters to me is if it is interesting... I think I have yammered to you about this - but I come from the Stanely Kubrick school of poetry... that is, I have been influenced by the way he look at art... I watch a Kubrick movie whenever I dry up.. if there was a God it would be Kubrick... okay, I'm rambling... I love Sylvia Plath... but not because she's structured... but because she is interesting - but oooh what structure those poems have

[ezseeker]

Dave, that poem was not written with a gold pen on monogramed paper. That is more like one written by the light of the blinking neon sign, for the shop below one's room.

Great work! *****

Easy

[InsatiableBlonde]

I never watch t.v. anymore...I have you to watch.

And that is better than nightline, but not better than Ninja Warrior....

just Joshin' a 5+ and all my love,

Morgan

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Morgan.... oh Morgan... the tv show Ninja Warrior? or is there a video game... no, that is Ninja Gaiden.. Nothing exists outside SoulCalibur 4 - I want to be buried with that game... Ahhhhhhhhhhh I have to email you... not enough space. never enough space... thanx for the five..

[robshred66]

Niice.

[AntaresInScorpius]

another wiener david, i mean winner.

[liz1060]

The best part, sometimes, is being wrong -- I betcha got cable, didn't you?

[DavidRandallCurtis]

liz: yea... actually DISH... I could not live without Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies & Reno 911 (Mary Birdsong *who I have a mad crush on* plays Kimball on Reno 911 has a YouTube channel under JanetLame - one of my great joys is I talked her into subscribing to me & my favorite channel KarinFredrika... check her and Karin out if you have a chance!)

[liz1060]

did so -- big fan of Reno911 from the getgo. Don't blame you for crushing, Birdsong's a hoot, sub'd her -- thanks!

[1Aware1]

This is an awesome peice, i will subscribe to this channel, this is great, and i too will never be able to afford cable.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

1Aware1: Thanx, you have a pretty nice channel yerself - I think I'll sub it... :p maybe I could live without cable... but never without SoulCalibur!

[nordicsky]

Great imagery...

"Even the sky is hung-over.

Through my window

the world looks

like and old black & white movie

on a cheap television set

with bad reception."

I remember hangovers like this. As for the woman, fetch her a cool glass of oj and let her sleep; there will be time enough later.

Thanks for posting this,

Regards, Peter

[mindfulmusic78]

Excellent bro!!!

[elviradark6]

David!! are you talking about me again/>LOL ^_^..just pulling your leg!!who needs cable anyway, when i have wine;)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Elvira: Um... don't know how to tell you this... but that is not my leg you're pulling on - RIMSHOT! OH - he went there! You have wine? From what I've heard you are a lightweight when it comes to booze - which is fine - all the more for me! :p

[elviradark6]

i have one thing to say to you David!!

BRAT!!!!!

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Elvira: Um.... takes one to know one :p

[elviradark6]

still thinking of a comeback!!!!!!!

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Elvira: Don't strain yourself! :P

Oooooooh I am going to get it.

[elviradark6]

*rolls sleeves*..now your pushing it buddy!!!!!and I DO strangle my alarm!!

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Elvira: I've seen that picture in Facebook of you with your sleeve rolled up while you flex your muscle... that put the fear of God into me... I'll be nice... for now... :p

[elviradark6]

^_^...thought so!!

[sft62]

That's a great poem, however forlorn.

Reminds me much of Bukowski.

[DieselBodine]

That don't sound so bad. Just think... you at least have that woman around and she didn't waste too much money by overdrinking!

[aGoodTempo]

As usual, you nailed it. Great vid. I like the "Ever." thrown in at the end.

[Barklord]

i thought you might be davidkabuki. we're lucky you don't have cable.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Barklord:  thanx for commenting... you must remember xild? She read an essay I wrote once... I miss her so much....

[Barklord]

i was out of the loop with xild but I do remember Roze's Dutch version.

[NewWarriorMan]

I'm THERE, man! Yeah, baby ....

[DavidRandallCurtis]

NWM: Thank you sir!  It is always an honor to see your name in the comments :)

[razorbrown]

Love it.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Razor: Then why don't you marry it? Okay - at least marry me? No? Then... do I have to threaten you with a lawsuit again... ? your poetry is sooooo much better than mine! I DEMAND you start posting it! Along with your music (which is Goddess-like). I don't want to pressure you or anything - but I will have a cow and send it to you COD if you do not cave into all my demands! That's it. At ease and as you were.

Brat. :p

[CamoquinProductions]

I think you can afford cable. That's what youtube is for *cough* freeloaders :P.

Great poem as always. Keep it up!

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Cammy! It is so cool to get a comment from you! Have a great one...

[dubaiedge]

EVER! thanks for sending.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

dubaiedge: thanks for the comment and the sub... and... wait... are you subbed to me?

Okay... I am a complete subscription whore - just tell me what I have to do. I'll even break out my French Maid outfit if that is what it takes :p

Seriously... Subscribe! Ya brat~! (and thanx for saying thanx...)

And check out the cool poets MsWriteNow and

1Aware1 - I am going to post one of 1Aware1's poems in a few days.. she deserves a lot more subs.

[dubaiedge]

i can unsub at a moment's notice if i don't see an outfit such as that w/in 24 hrs...

just kidding. i'm a little crazy. & addicted to youtube this summer.

i'm a poet more interested in form than content but can {sometimes, not often} do content. as in listen to it & write it. rather put a gun to my head. i'm about language, mainly. new connections with words more imp. than message. if that made sense check my stuff out.

later!