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Sam Pull
Mr. Griffin
Tech Prep 12
6 December 2011
"My Papa's Waltz"
by Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath

Commented [a1]: This word makes me think about a drunk

western that is very tough.

Could make a small boy dizzy;

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a ride on six flags.

But I hung on like death:

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Such waltzing was not easy.

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walking straight.

We romped until the pans

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roughness, rough play.

Slid from the kitchen shelf;

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falling.

My mother's countenance

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expression.

Could not unfrown itself.

Commented [AM8]: This word makes me think about counting

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happiness.

The hand that held my wrist

Commented [AM10]: This word makes me think about holding

something.

Was battered on one knuckle;

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punishment.

At every step you missed

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something.

My right ear scraped a buckle.

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scratching.
Commented [AM14]: This word makes me think about a belt

You beat time on my head

Commented [AM15]: This word makes me think about hitting.

With a palm caked hard by dirt,

Commented [AM16]: This word makes me think layers years of

work.

Then waltzed me off to bed

Commented [AM17]: This word makes me think of stumbling

when walking.

Still clinging to your shirt.

Commented [AM18]: This word makes me think about

something tight on you, something really close.

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