Martinus Rørbye, Danish
“…And That, In a Nutshell, Is How Cryptocurrency and the Blockchain Work. Any Questions?,” 1846
Oil on cardboard
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Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Danish Wikipedia page may have more).
/// Like a scene from a horror-porn thriller,
there’s a child’s severed head on the tiller.
while his folks snooze unvexed,
the young boy fears he’s next
‘cause their pilot’s a serial killer.
/// The boy at the stern has been weeping,
but the passengers just go on sleeping.
On the Dutch canal barge
they apply a surcharge
for a seat where the deck isn’t seeping.
/// Smiling tillerman seems to have fun,
as he pilots the barge on its run.
But there is no delight
for his child (on his right).
We see tears from the barge tiller’s son.
/// The boy’s tears increase now, dramatically,
as the rudder is steered automatically.
It’s been “given its head,”
so the boy cries in dread
while the tillerman smiles enigmatically.
/// On most ships it’s up front at the bow,
but the figurehead’s back here somehow
where it keeps silent watch
while the pilot swills Scotch
and attempts to maneuver this scow.
/// The drunk tillerman’s vices loom large,
and yet, he is the one who’s in charge.
Did the boy call him “Karen”?
Or perhaps it was “Charon,”
and he ferries the dead on his barge.
/// He crossed his legs tight and he tried
to hold it in, but then he cried,
“Gotta pee!” to his Dad,
who advised the young lad,
“Do what I do, go over the side.”