Odes to Joy

Odes on Tender Specie(s) Vol I: Bright Coin · Track 17 · middle

Trumpbucks (Pilot)

First Ludo entry. Gold-foil checks no bank will cash. AI-Trump-voice videos. The 75-year-old Alabama grandmother who lost $1,500 thinking the new monetary system was coming. A glitter-pop sneer, dance-floor-ready.

Lyrics

It's going to be tremendous. A new system. Believe me.
Yeah.

Check your feed. It's a miracle.
Gold foil, so biblical.
Eagle cries, flag unfurls.
Got a routing number for a whole new world.
Plastic sheen, feels so heavy in your hand.
A promissory note for the promised land.
Just don't look for the account number, babe.
Don't you want to be saved?

It's the Trumpbucks, honey, get your wallet out.
The future's calling, hear it shout?
Glitter bomb, a patriot payday.
Cash that check, it'll be okay.
It'll be okay.

Seventy-five in Alabama.
Quiet afternoon, floral pajama.
Phone rings, and the voice is right there.
A digital ghost on the static air.
Says the reset's coming, any day now.
Just fifteen hundred, take a bow.
For your faith, for your service, for your vote.
She writes the check, feels the lump in her throat.
Hope is a very expensive thing.

It's the Trumpbucks, honey, get your wallet out.
The future's calling, hear it shout?
Glitter bomb, a patriot payday.
Cash that check, it'll be okay.
It'll be okay.

They call it NESARA. They call it GESARA.
They call it the storm, the plan, the new era.
You can buy it on Telegram, see it on TikTok.
A digital savior on a digital block.
It's not a currency, it's a membership card.
For a club where believing isn't hard.
It's the easiest thing you'll ever do.
Just send the money. He's talking to you.

It's the Trumpbucks, honey, get your wallet out!
The future's calling, hear it shout!
Glitter bomb, a patriot payday!
Cash that check, it'll be okay!
It'll be okay!

A new sys-sys-system... tre-tre-tremendous...
Believe me.
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