Dear Santa,
You left me disappointed
last year.
I didn’t get
anything I asked for.
And I was nice.
I’ll make it easier for you
this time.
Here’s my list.
It’s short.
I took out the iPhone 7,
the hoverboard,
all things that aren’t cool
anymore.
Just the Bitcoin.
Please.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
