The speaker associated his thoughts about jumping on the bed like he’s at war on the battlefield. The speaker realizes that “escalate the campaign, shoot higher, drop lower, itch to flick the safety off, till father’s klaxon voice launches a mortar shell from below”(9-12). Going through the feelings about jumping on the bed, the speaker felt that it was hilarious. He hears his father yelling up the stairs at him to stop jumping on him. He visualizes his father coming up the stairs. He tastes the fear of getting in trouble by his father. Having all of this made the speaker realizes jumping on the bed was funny, but it was not worth getting in trouble. As this poem comes to an end, the author wanted the audience to see that based off of the speakers actions of jumping on the bed. That as he reflected back on the past comes to realized his fathers feelings about jumping on his fathers
The speaker associated his thoughts about jumping on the bed like he’s at war on the battlefield. The speaker realizes that “escalate the campaign, shoot higher, drop lower, itch to flick the safety off, till father’s klaxon voice launches a mortar shell from below”(9-12). Going through the feelings about jumping on the bed, the speaker felt that it was hilarious. He hears his father yelling up the stairs at him to stop jumping on him. He visualizes his father coming up the stairs. He tastes the fear of getting in trouble by his father. Having all of this made the speaker realizes jumping on the bed was funny, but it was not worth getting in trouble. As this poem comes to an end, the author wanted the audience to see that based off of the speakers actions of jumping on the bed. That as he reflected back on the past comes to realized his fathers feelings about jumping on his fathers