A large black figure labeled DOGE stands on a sidewalk holding two chainsaws raised overhead. The figure faces a pink wall covered with text that begins 'FIRST THEY CAME FOR USAID, AND I DID NOT SPEAK UP' and continues through mentions of the FBI, NOAA, FEMA and the Department of Education.

Two elderly people stand in the foreground. One wears a purple shirt marked SOCIAL and the other a green shirt marked SECURITY. They hold a cane and look toward the DOGE figure. A speech line from them reads 'YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY! THAT NICE MAN SAID HE'D TAKE GOOD CARE OF US!'

The cartoon appears against the backdrop of 2025 federal budget reduction initiatives led by the Department of Government Efficiency. Those initiatives have included reviews of USAID, NOAA and the Department of Education. The image uses the updated poem to connect those reviews to potential future effects on Social Security programs.