Rediscovering Roethke

[pinkflamingo65]

In a Dark Time

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I miss Papa, the way he was when I was young.

[loveisagypsy]

My Papa's Waltz
Roethke

The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.

[cowboypirate]

My my... **shakes his head**

[loveisagypsy]

Which one?

Re:

[cowboypirate]

Either. Whichever would be more effective.

[pinkflamingo65]

Isn't he interesting?