On Love

My first kiss in pre-K could have led to Jewish babies
More for real I almost had high school sweetheart babies
Then I almost had good Christian babies
Then I almost had New Jersey Italian style babies
Then I almost had Irish Catholic babies
Then I almost had Chinese babies
I never came close enough to my truth of strong & tall punk babies
Now I might have tall & slender brown skinned babies

Is there anything left to try after this?
Will my babies love me regardless?
What is love? Are these feelings amiss?
Do you still love me now, Dad? Now that I’ve disgraced the name of Dick.

“Please, call me Richard.”