THE GOATS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE BARN
AFTER THEIR DAY IN THE FIELD
THEY COULDN’T STAND THE COLD
BUT THE SHEEP REMAINED OUTSIDE
WARM IN THEIR COAT
MILKING THE GOAT WAS WOMEN’S WORK
A DEBAUCHED WOMEN WAS CALLED A GOAT
THE GOATS WERE BLACK
THE SHEEP WOOL WHITE
THE GOATS WERE PROMISCUOUS
THEY SHARED THEIR MATES
THE SHEEP DID NOT
OUT OF ALL THIS FOLKLORE
JESUS SPUN A TALE
USING IMAGES THE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD
HE STARTS BY SAYING
THE KING COMES IN GLORY
SO CRITICAL IN THE EAST
THE DEMAND FOR RESPECT
SO HE COMES IN GLORY
AND SITS ON THE GLORY THRONE
COMMANDING RESPECT
AS BEFITS A KING
AND TELLS A COMMON STORY
OF SEPARATING SHEEP FROM GOATS
SEPARATING THE GOOD
FROM THE INDIFFERENT
THEY WERE NOT COMPLETELY BAD
THE GOATS
THEY WERE INDIFFERENT
AND SAID TO THE SHEEP
WHO WERE CARING
AND HUDDLED TOGETHER FOR WARMTH
COME INTO THE KINGDOM
I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU
AND I’LL SHALL BE YOUR SHEPHERD
FRANK A VOLLMER
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