[a prayer is an ode];
                             to pray is to recite an
                                  impromptu ode to
whatever;        so, as
                                                      people file by the priest
                 |                                 to get a drink of wine;
& some bread, they get to recite
                                                     spontaneous poetry;
                                                   I pray all day long,
               under my breath;
I never go to church; I'll go
              in a church but typically
the poetry is pretty lame;
improvised poetry really,
                          the Catholics                
            repeat the same lines;
                             which is cool cuz it's an oral tradition;
                          [Jesus was a poet but the Christians
don't know it] |