by Julia Griffin

“Donald Trump welcomed 2026 with a glitzy bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach where he auctioned off a freshly painted portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.75m and said his new year’s resolution was a wish for ‘peace on Earth’. The portrait of Jesus had been painted onstage by artist Vanessa Horabuena who, the president said, was ‘one of the greatest artists anywhere in the world’.”
—The Guardian

Those sharp blue eyes, that ochered shine,
Those tight and baleful lips
Confirm the subject as divine
And spark new donorships.

Behold a relic bargain-priced—
Resist the call who dares:
A hard-faced Mar-a-Lago Christ,
For holy billionaires!