“Questions for Dear Leader” by Dan Grossman

Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions for Dear Leader
after Donald Trump’s remarks in Grand Island, Nebraska on October 5, 2026

When you invited Iran to nuke San Diego last night
did you experience that teeth-clenching kick
before you shat your pants once again?  
Is Natalie on her knees right now cleaning up

your mess? I ask these questions 
now, on my laptop in the predawn 
hours, just a short walk from Windansea 
where Tom Wolfe found inspiration 

for The Pumphouse Gang. Wolfe
shared your hatred of modernism 
but he'd have to admit there's no one more

rococo than you—even as you barbeque 
the LA skyline in your adderalled mind.
Is this the only way you get off now?