{"id":11599,"date":"2011-03-12T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T20:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=11599"},"modified":"2011-03-12T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T20:51:55","slug":"on-disciplining-your-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=11599","title":{"rendered":"On disciplining your child"},"content":{"rendered":"
My Father’s Drums<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Through closed doors and double-glazed windows
\nall over the neighborhood. The one true
\nAmerican art form, he called it, records turned up so loud
\nthe floorboards buzzed. No rock and roll
\nallowed. No three-chord progressions in this house;
\nno rudimentary hook, no bridge, no lame refrain,
\nno silly haircuts please, we are musicians.
\nBashing along with the hi-fi he banged through our days and nights
\nwith a rat-a-tat rage, the fury fired down from his shoulders,
\nshot into his wrists. When he pounded his high-hats,
\nthe pictures flew off their nails. Woodchopper’s Ball;<\/em>
\nThe Big Crash from China; Sing, Sing, Sing;<\/em>
\nMercy, Mercy, Mercy.<\/em> Never the whiz of his belt buckle,
\nnever the sting of his open hand, only those long incredulous looks
\nwhenever we smarted off, when his head came around
\nin slow motion, eyes narrowed, lips curling into a deep
\nunderwater snarl: What did you say to me, Mister?
\nYoung lady, what-did-you-just-say-to-me?
\nSometimes we thought he beat them instead,
\nrattled their cymbals and snares to spare the dullard
\nchild brains inside our skulls, wore down
\ntheir tight-stretched skins with his hammering sticks
\nto save our lackluster souls, our sorry hides.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PAMELA GEMIN<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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