“Anti-Trump Poster#159” © DL Polonsky

 

Invaders from Space

On January 6, 2026, a spacecraft landed on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as on the Federal Reserve and other major banking institutions, even on the White House lawn. Others were spotted over London, Paris, Geneva, Beijing, Dubai, and more. Cupcake legions in green-pinstriped liners wore pistachio buttercream helmets sprinkled in sparkling money symbols. They ran out of resources on their planet due to money laundering, greed, and war. Their planet suffered from extreme climate change. Temperatures rose. The air and land too fetid. Their ice caps melted. The seas and rivers disappeared into canyons. Their planet uninhabitable. They had to move underground. They needed our greenbacks to save their planet, make it flourish into the cupcake paradise they once knew. The invaders also had maps designed like Monopoly game boards and exited the buildings with money bags that were taken to their ships. They found Elon Musk, who recently returned from Mars and went mad on Bitcoin and Tesla weed. As he was taken to the ship, he kept reciting identifications of various Social Security and Medicare MAGA recipients, and other high-profile people, including Trump. Emperor Trump was next. Inside the Mother Ship, “The Donald,” dressed in an orange diaper, sat in the corner labeled “Go to Jail.” He couldn’t pass go or collect $2,000,000. Because he was unable to contain Elon’s chants, he punched him in the nose. Trump missed his Diet Coke, McDonald’s Big Mac, and fries and whined all the way to Cupcakeia. He threw tantrums every night, outdoing Elon and other world leaders, bankers, CEOs, and politicians. On Earth, it rained gold and silver for two days. Earth’s ecosystem was eventually restored. Human rights became everyone’s rights, and peace of mind conquered the world.

 

Patricia Carragon hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She edits the online journal, Sense & Sensibility Haiku, and is listed on the poet registry for The Haiku Foundation. Her latest books: Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press); Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles (Poets Wear Prada).

DL Polonsky is a Boston area artist, writer, and filmmaker. His caricatures have appeared in The Boston Herald and His written work includes the children’s book The Letter Bandits from T.B.W. Books.