Oblivious.
That’s one way. To blot him out.
Others include the years you keep packed
for Morocco, the first chance, the next
train, or some sudden death
in the family: my grandmother used to say
murder yes, divorce never.
My grandfather nodded at her wake.
That’s another.
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A girl goes with her mother. Example:
say
it’s spring out, it’s no fair,
say he stands there, calling you pumpkin,
handsomer than you thought
but not that handsome. Your father
has something to tell you, she tells you.
Information about traps and doors
you’re never going to need, not ever.
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As to the others, estimates
vary: some say the rest of our lives.
My friend H says a person
is here or not here. H is divorced,
she has two children. She loves her life
any minute. I’m not making fun.
Since from the first, from here
on in, these are choices:
our mothers did not make them for us.
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