This leaves one to assume that his knuckles are battered from the "waltz" him and his father have just had in the kitchen and they are starting to swell up. ... In the first two lines of the poem quote, "The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy" most people in this day of age would take this negatively, but in 1948 drinking was a regular activity to do after work. ... This is a usual reaction to an obscure situation of a waltz happening in your kitchen as many others would react the same. ... Whatever his intentions where this waltz became the final interac...

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