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THE SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEEDS
HE FLUNG THEM HIGH
HE FLUNG THEM LOW
HE FLUNG THEM WIDE
HE FLUNG THEM NEAR
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SOME FELL ON HARD GROUND
LIKE A TAMPED DOWN PATH
COULD NOT ROOT AND DIED
WHOSE FAULT
TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT
IN WHICH NOTHING THRIVES
LIKE KEEPING A CHILD ALIVE IN THE WOMB
IGNORING IT THE REST OF ITS LIFE
WHILE BIRDS DEVOURED ITS SUBSTANCE
THE SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED
PRODIGAL IN HIS SOWING
THOSE WHO FAILED TO THRIVE
BECAUSE OF PERSONAL FAULTS
DESERVE THEIR FATE
BUT THOSE WHO FAILED TO THRIVE
BECAUSE OTHERS FAILED TO PREPARE THE FIELD
OR MADE THE FIELD UNFRUITFUL
WITH ROCKS AND THORNS NOT REMOVED
WHO SINS FOR NOT THRIVING
THE SEED
OR THOSE WHO ILL PREPARED THE FIELD
BY EITHER NEGLIGENCE
OR DELIBERATE
LIKE A CHILD
BORN POOR
WHO DIES HUNGRY
DO WE BLAME THE CHILD
FOR FAILING TO THRIVE
LIKE A CHILD BORN
TO A RACE THAT IS HATED
WHO NEVER BLOOMS
FOR LACK OF LIGHT
WHO’S TO BLAME
FOR SEED FAILURE
IN EVEN GOOD LAND
WHEN FEW CONTROL MOISTURE
AND FIELDS GO DRY
WE’RE TOLD
THERE WILL BE A RECKONING
WHY NOT NOW
THE SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEEDS
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THE SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEEDS
HE FLUNG THEM HIGH
HE FLUNG THEM LOW
HE FLUNG THEM WIDE
HE FLUNG THEM NEAR
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FRANK A VOLLMER
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