Provisional Mint

Haikus

Printed just today
The ink is still very wet
Believe it is real

Confidence is high
But the vault is totally bare
Fake it till you make

A coin without weight
Spend it quickly ere it falls
Provisional trust

Trust the drying ink
Printer out of black toner
We rule with grey stamps

Route the empty vault
To the authority bin
Status set to true

Print another batch
Who cares if the seal is fake
Clocking out at five

The first coin was void
Now we worship empty shells
Souvenirs of gods

Humans trust the stamp
Error spreads across the chain
Burn the idle stub

Press the issue key
Wait for emotional drift
Log the system fault

Ink is slightly wet
Evacuate the building
Confidence must dry

Seal the file today
Do not check the blank ledger
Backing is deferred