Practice, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)

Exactly how does one
Practice
Not robbing someone?

Exactly how does one
Practice
Not raping someone?

Exactly how does one
Practice
Not murdering someone?

It would seem
That refraining
From those acts

Would not in fact
Need
Practice

To become a doctor
You need medical school
That takes practice

To become a lawyer
You need law school
That takes practice

To get to Carnegie Hall
Doesn’t have to be said
Practice, practice, practice

To become an MVP
In the major leagues
Practice

To pass your SATs
Which the colleges see
Practice

Religion isn’t a practice
It is a club
No need to “practice”

Just buy, be convinced
By others, follow
And swallow, conform

There is no “practice”
In wanting so badly
For false comfort to be true

Yet much effort
Is is invested
In belonging to

Ancient words
Written by those
Who

Knew not better
But now we do
Practice critical thinking

It insures you
The best insulation
From mistaking

Mythology as true.