Howard's End

Man of means

Hard working
fast talking symbol 
of the American dream

Makes mega money
which sure attracts the honeys

Life on the road

You know how it goes

The wife knows

She looks the other way

Vows someday he will pay
but not today

She'll outspend
the pain
of his betrayal

Fast forward
to the lonely
old man today

First his wife

Then his 
steady mistress

All passed away

Depressed senior 
alone in the mansion
with his many possessions
mocking his loneliness

A friend takes the sad old boy
to a gentleman's club
to drool over the
main gyrating attraction 

In true romantic
love story fashion
our aroused relic finds
his final passion

Showers her 
with materialism

Overwhelming desires

Shop and awe

Affections purchased
for this transactional relationship
where both parties
get what they want and need

The Hell with the sniping judgements
riding smartass May/December wisecracks
from those who won't mind their own business

Wedding bells ring out in defiance

For the old man
and his trophy
named Anna

The rest of the story
is tabloid Nirvana