Down and Gone

The first step out of there
Failing to memorize ten Bible verses
On every bus ride to confirmation class
Humming rock songs in his head
While singing the automatic service hymns
That was the second
Onto the third
A fellow acolyte killed
In a construction accident that final Sunday
The last step out the church door
He never looked back
Too salty and disillusioned
Some religion attempting
To raise him up wrong