monday morning buh drums
three gaps the week opened before the coffee did
monday again. the body wakes up already holding something.
one. the unopened one. the inbox loaded overnight. seventeen things, all bold. you don't open any of them. you hover. one of them changes the week and you don't know which, so for a second you keep all of them closed and the week stays exactly where it was on sunday.
buh drum.
two. the still-pending one. the tx you sent friday is green now. you knew that. you check anyway. the confirm landed three days ago and the body still wants to watch it land. you refresh a thing that already happened.
buh drum.
three. the quiet chat. the group went silent at 11pm friday and it's still silent. no one left. no one's typing. the gap held all weekend, the way a chat only holds when everyone's waiting on the same monday to start.
buh drum.
the week hasn't done anything yet. the body already knows the shape. absolute cinema.
the answered buh drum
the half-second after the gap closes
every buh drum so far has been the wait. this one is the after.
one. the confirm. the green check lands. the gas is paid. somehow the room is louder than the held breath was. the body doesn't believe it for another two seconds.
buh drum.
two. the yes. the dm finally says 'yeah, i'm in.' you don't move. you read it again. you keep the gap for four more seconds because the body hasn't caught up.
buh drum.
three. the right candle. the chart breaks the way you wanted. the screen feels too quiet now. the buh drum doesn't close. it just changes shape and moves to whatever's next.
buh drum.
resolution is a buh drum in a different key. absolute cinema.
the false buh drum
when the held breath was just rpc lag
you refresh etherscan. the tx is still pending.
you refresh again. still pending. you switch rpc. the tx confirmed eight minutes ago. the buh drum was over before it started, and you spent the whole of it waiting for nothing.
buh drum.
the ledger screen is doing the little animation. you hold your breath. you read the address on the screen six times. you compare it to the address in the dapp. you compare it to your notes. the device asks you to confirm.
you didn't move yet.
buh drum.
the chart spikes. you open three more tabs. the mempool is quiet. the explorer has nothing. dexscreener has nothing. coingecko was just stale.
the candle goes back to where it was.
buh drum.
the buh drum doesn't need a thing behind it. the body doesn't know that.
absolute cinema.