Who is Dad?

I asked my mom:
"Why did you give me life?"
"A bad mistake my boy,
Turned me into an accidental wife,
You see, I had this one-night stand,
An unexpected pregnancy,
Unfortunate and out of hand,
So, I immediately laid a trap
For some more decent chap,
Who agreed to quickly marry me,
Out of a real sense of decency,
Since he believed to be your dad,
But, please, don't make him mad
And never, ever tell my story,
He'll leave and we'll both be sorry".

I kept the secret of my mom
And now, both my parents are gone,
But, in a way, I am quite glad
I never found my runaway dad.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz