Better dead than red,
so the early blossom said,
excusing its loss.

Partially inspired by an image from a coffee run last week, partially by the utter governmental ineptitude in the news right now, partially from Bill Noble’s prompt as relayed by Shanna Germain’s organizational site, and partially from a lack of spare mental space for more. I’m simultaneously at a project review meeting and sprinting for a technical paper that must be essentially complete this week. Huzzah.