The Waning Glory: Plague Year 1, Common Era
As the republic’s fate is at hand — in the Senate, in the mail box, at the polls, before the highest court in the land, the great hibiscus rose in inspiration one last time.
The promised pink, and yes, a yellow, at once.
At the top like a radar scan of the heavens, and to the right — there’s always a right, see!
The question is: How to read the signs — skyward or sideward?
Pythia, the answer!