DID YOU NOT KNOW
I WAS ABOUT MY FATHER’S
BUSINESS
THIS FROM A TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY
EXPLAINING WHY HE WANDERED OFF
A COMMON PROBLEM
AN UNCOMMON EXCUSE
THAT HAS PUZZLED SCHOLARS
SINCE IT WAS WRITTEN DOWN
IT PUZZLED HIS MOTHER
WHO KEPT THE MEMORY OF THIS
IN HER HEART
ALONG WITH THE WORDS
OF ANNA
AND SIMEON
BUSY WITH MY FATHER’S BUSINESS
A SENSE OF URGENCY
AT AN EARLY AGE
BUT HE WAS TWELVE
HE HAD PARENTS
HE HAD TO LIVE AS A MAN
THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS
OF ORDINARY EXISTENCE
HE HAD TO LEARN
TO LAUGH
AND CRY
TO OBEY
COMMAND
LEARN A TRADE
LEARN HIS FAITH
LIVE HIS FAITH
BE BUSY
AS A SON
MAKING HIS PARENTS PROUD
AND WE
ARE WE MAKING OUR PARENTS PROUD
AND OUR FATHER
FRANK A VOLLMER
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