i was on the rooftop folding laundry when khalid the chai wala shouted up the stairs #hemi
“oy, your blue app just paid my gas bill”
i looked over the railing
he was holding his phone like a winning parchi
0.13 btc locked in a hemi vault
yield dropped 1800 rupees before the meter reader reached the mohalla
the coins never left his wallet
the meter spun backwards for the first time since zia’s days
that is quiet winning one gas bill at a time
aunty shireen stopped checking gold prices every hour
she parked 0.31 btc in the same vault
bought sky blue thread for twenty kurtas
paid the tailor before the second azaan
thread spools are now stacked higher than her worry lines
she calls the vault “baji’s silent accountant”
zubair my trader cousin quit his second monitor @Hemi
he let the bot sleep on hemi’s mattress
woke up to 4600 rupees and a text from his mom
“beta, fridge is full, stop sending money”
he sent a screenshot instead
same btc, new groceries
maryam my eight year old thinks infrastructure is a bedtime story
every night she asks the blue app
“how many jamuns today?”
it answers in her voice
“three if you finish surah rahman”
she finishes, gets three jamuns, sticker on the chart
i don’t follow tvl tickers anymore
i follow khalid’s kettle staying full
shireen’s thread mountain growing
zubair’s mom buying mangoes without asking
maryam’s sticker collection spilling off the page
the chain is modular like baji’s old singer machine
swap a bobbin, keep stitching
bitcoin keeps the promise
ethereum keeps the pattern
hemi keeps the lights on without a sound
open the blue app
lock one sat
listen to the kettle
ten minutes later your coins will be paying gas bills and still be yours
loud chains scream
quiet chains pay the bills $HEMI
guess which one baji trusts with her gold
