{"id":4124,"date":"2026-01-05T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:59:14","slug":"sultans-of-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2026\/01\/05\/sultans-of-separation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sultans of Separation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sultans of Separation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why have We Let
\nthe Experts at
\nDamned Dichotomy –
\nHeaven or Hell,
\nSaved or Lost –
\nDraw the Maps and
\nWrite the Instruction Manuals,
\nCompose the Curricula and
\nCut the Paychecks?<\/p>\n

Their Lexicon is Endless:<\/p>\n

Good or Evil,
\nGod or Satan,
\nWin or Lose,
\nRight or Wrong.<\/p>\n

The Sultans of Separation.<\/p>\n

Imagining in Nightmares
\nof Being<\/p>\n

Something Other than
\nDivine.<\/p>\n

As If
\nThat Could Ever
\nBe.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve Dressed Fear
\nIn a Bogeyman\u2019s Mask.<\/p>\n

Perhaps It\u2019s Time to
\nSet a Trap of
\nUndiluted Love,<\/p>\n

Bait It with Joy,<\/p>\n

from Which Fear
\nCannot Escape.<\/p>\n

Adopt Separation
\nInto the Family and
\nChange Its Name to
\nLaughter.<\/p>\n

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

  Sultans of Separation Why have We Let the Experts at Damned Dichotomy – Heaven or Hell, Saved or Lost – Draw the Maps and Write the Instruction Manuals, Compose the Curricula and Cut the Paychecks? Their Lexicon is Endless: Good or Evil, God or Satan, Win or Lose, Right or Wrong. The Sultans of […]<\/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-4124","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