NaPoWriMo day twenty nine. One more day to go. I have recently started a new book on how to form good habits, not exactly a literary classic I know but the subject interests me. Anyway, it prompted me to write today’s poem – well that and the fact that I have wanted to write something with the phrase Moral Turpitude in it ever since seeing Beulah Balbricker accuse Ms Honeywell of it in the 1980’s film Porky’s. A terrible film I know but it made me laugh at the time. For the uninitiated, Ms Honeywell was played by Kim Cattrall. The poem is called Habit Forming Theory…
Habit Forming Theory
First,
get into the habit
of having a habit.
Second,
if the habit
is a bad habit,
stop the habit
and get a new habit.
Only have habits
that are good.
Bad habits
will send you into
a spiral of ill health
and discontent.
When you’ve formed
a good habit,
keep to it and
make it a habit.
Good habits
will keep you
strong, healthy and
will generally save you
from a life of
moral turpitude.
End of theory.
