glum realization
he lived in obsolescence
... promised a sea change
he lived in obsolescence
... promised a sea change

I started numbering the word-haiku posts at zero. My reasoning was/is that I can go backwards in time and work on past daily words... as if I needed something more to do. So if you see #-1, #-2, #-3... you'll know what's going on.
- the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.