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ELIZABETH CRUZ
Mr. Griffin
Tech Prep 12
November 25, 2014
"My Papa's Waltz"
by Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath

Commented [a1]: This word makes me think about

Commented [EC2]: A drink, hard liquor

Could make a small boy dizzy;

Commented [a3]: This word makes me think about being sick

and not be able to walk

But I hung on like death:

Commented [EC4]: Someone who has passed away, Gone

Such waltzing was not easy.

Commented [EC5]: A dance, swaying, guiding

We romped until the pans

Commented [EC6]: Bumped into something

Slid from the kitchen shelf;

Commented [EC7]: Slide into kitchen

My mother's countenance

Commented [EC8]:

Could not unfrown itself.

Commented [EC9]: Sad, Mad face

The hand that held my wrist

Commented [EC10]: Holding his hand a certain way

Was battered on one knuckle;

Commented [EC11]: Hit Something

At every step you missed

Commented [EC12]: Past it without knowing

My right ear scraped a buckle.

Commented [EC13]: Cut his self on his father belt

You beat time on my head

Commented [EC14]: Hit him on the head

With a palm caked hard by dirt,

Commented [EC15]: Use his palm some type of way

Then waltzed me off to bed

Commented [EC16]: Took him to bed or guide him

Still clinging to your shirt.

Commented [EC17]: Holding on to something

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