{"id":3941,"date":"2025-08-16T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2025-08-16T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:10:11","slug":"summa-cum-laude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/08\/16\/summa-cum-laude\/","title":{"rendered":"Summa Cum Laude"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Summa Cum Laude<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps You\u2019ll Allow Me to
\nFlash My Poetic License –
\nYou Have One Too –
\nand Ask You to Imagine
\nYou\u2019re the Offspring of
\nMichelangelo,<\/p>\n

Recently Birthed,
\nat Your Request, on
\nthe Campus of
\nEarth University.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve Arrived Here from
\nThe Home of the Source of
\nCreation of All That Is,<\/p>\n

To Learn To Paint
\nYour Version of
\nThe Sistine Chapel Ceiling,
\nwith a Palette of
\na Million Shades of
\nLight and Love,
\nJoy and Laughter.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a Challenge.<\/p>\n

By Design –
\nYou Asked for It –<\/p>\n

The Canvas of
\nYour Sistine Ceiling
\nIs Made from
\nWeavings of Fear
\nIn All Its Dark Threads,<\/p>\n

A Challenge You
\nEmbrace,<\/p>\n

for the Thrill of
\nTranscendent
\nTransformation.<\/p>\n

But How Would You Feel
\nIf the Registrar
\nInformed You That
\nFailure To Pass
\nThe Final Exam
\nWill Cast You Into
\nDante\u2019s Inferno?<\/p>\n

What If
\nThe Truth Is<\/p>\n

You Can Enroll
\nfor as Many Semesters
\nAs You Please.<\/p>\n

No Hurry.<\/p>\n

Everyone Has
\nTheir Own Curriculum.<\/p>\n

And Everyone Has
\nAs Long as They Wish
\nTo Graduate
\nSumma Cum Laude.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Lorenzo Turroni; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Summa Cum Laude Perhaps You\u2019ll Allow Me to Flash My Poetic License – You Have One Too – and Ask You to Imagine You\u2019re the Offspring of Michelangelo, Recently Birthed, at Your Request, on the Campus of Earth University. You\u2019ve Arrived Here from The Home of the Source of Creation of All That Is, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t