Original artwork, not a still
Something Wicked This Way Comes · 1962
Dad’s voice was a midnight school, teaching deep fathom hours, and the subject was life.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker remembers their father's voice at night as a kind of school, holding deep, unhurried hours of instruction. What he taught was life itself. The image is tender and admiring, treating his talk as both nourishing and profound.
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