UR-82060:
Your mission is over.
Good night.
Past glory may condense
into a worn out vigniette of the future
and pitiful witnesses’ rants.
There’s a calmer patch of sky for you.
— There will be.
Your vapour trails,
tracing humanity’s pursuit of progress and solidarity,
your constructors’ dreams.
Your thruster flames,
colouring fairy tales of our descendants,
living under, towards, and amid the stars,
and bringing them closer.
I saw my first (male) cucumber flower today, and thought it’s a good opportunity to document the growth of an organism that remains a strong contender the title of “Most Productive Organism in My Room“.
Of course, if somebody determines that I am worthy of an ICBM strike or explosive seashell, those photos might disclose my precise location too.
May 18 2021, First Flower
April 24 2021, Support Structure Established
April 7 2021, Transplanted into a Dedicated Medium-Sized Flower Pot
March 12 2021, Seed Germinated in an Office Flower Pot During Previous COVID-19 Lockdown
For this period the plant lived in an old iPod box. Minimum care was provided except for occasional movements chasing the sun when I am in office.
Also for the first while I thought it was a watermelon … after the first two real leaves developed, I thought it was rather a pumpkin.
In April I bought for the plant a small pot and applied to use the university’s compost.
The tendrils have been captivating my mind every morning I checked on them … A complex mechanism of hydraulics and hormonal regulation, I vaguely understand.
My first visit to this area was 360 days ago. Before the following becomes too much of a trite thing to say, I thought of the future quite differently back then. I’m happy with the current path via which things unfolded, of course.
Doing “astrophotography” in New Zealand for the past while has definitely been character building: the composure and patience required to stand on the beach for half an hour waiting for a gap in the clouds do not come naturally to me.
Recite π as a binary decimal, if you wish.
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Yourong Frank Wang 