He explained crypto at Thanksgiving dinner to his uncle,
The explanation started with the word trustless and the uncle
Said he didn’t understand why trustless was a feature.
It’s the crypto explanation, it’s the forty-minute lecture,
The crypto explanation and the spectre
Of the whiteboard drawing that explains the blockchain,
The uncle looked at the drawing and the main
Question he had was: but what is it backed by.
The price had been down sixty percent from the high,
The uncle asked about that and the reply
Was that crypto is volatile and you need to have
A long time horizon.
The nephew held twenty-three thousand in three assets,
The assets were down to eleven thousand, the fascists
Of the bear market had taken that from him,
He still believed in the technology and the slim
Consolation of the uncle’s skepticism being right
Was not something he was going to sit and repeat,
He changed the subject to the football score,
The crypto explanation and the uncle’s claim.