Papa's Post: C'est Fini!

Now we can laugh;
We've had enough
Of the "long and sleepless nights"
That made of us hapless sights
Of worn and weary owl-eyed creatures,
Almost eerie surrealist figures.
It's time to forget
The tears and the sweat
Of desperate supplicants
(Bar applicants)
Begging numberless saints, "las almas
Del purgatorio" for the answer to "Las Palmas";
Blessing, for "nunc pro tunc" and "disposicion
Captatoria" these "5's" in class recitation.
It was a gruelling race;
At a killing pace;
Thank God! now that it's over
We are still sound and sane and sober.
The readings from cover to cover,
The coffee-cramming-coffee days are over;
No more "aide memoire"
Or 'clause compromissoire",
Enough's enough!
Now, we can laugh!

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(after the Bar)

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