Imagery; Pictorial (2) Associational

"The moment's a blur, a 'Film Fun' laughing itself to death in the coal fire"; the parents hack on the child's dreams which are being ridiculed - The contradictory nature of 'laughing' and 'death' suggest an illogical reasoning on behalf of the parents; reason is outgunned by authority "smiling, and waving, younger"; the parents believe that happiness is guaranteed in childhood - Duffy parallels this with "older and wiser than you, bigger"; they believe age and authority makes them infallible in their decisions "the secret police of your childhood"; presumably what the child is accusing their parents of being (implying stifling and strict methods)