Secrets Of A Dying Woman

My mom
admitted today
that maybe she should have married
Howie
instead
of
Herbie

When
I laughed
she got
irate
and
told
me
Howie
was
handsome

(I also
happen to know
he became
an
executive)

Involuntarily
my dad
became a
peddler

Money's
not
everything

When
I pointed out
that if
she'd
married
Howie
instead of
Herbie
I wouldn't be me
she asked
me how
I knew

I had to
concede
I had
no
definitive proof