where do babies come from

as your son
peppers you with
questions
you
carefully consider
your answers.
shaping
them into half
truths, myths
and
bent tales of
what could or
could not be.
how can you tell
him
at a young age
where babies
come from.
you could say
they come from love.
but not
really. from affection
perhaps.
there is truth in
that, but not always.
they come
from your mother's
belly, you could
tell him, and
that you had a hand
in it too.
but even that,
these days is, or
can be
a half truth.