He expects an answer.

Tell him you've been making a stooge out… I only hope he does. Give us one that rings the great America… Nothing like a poet reciting his own stu… I was, too. You must come between Irene and Godfrey. I'll put you on another job. Tell him you're Babe Bennett? It's gonna be pretty. Let's get going. What are you going to do, Alexander? How about a Mother's Day poem, Mr. D? You're crazy. You can't do that. Yeah, that's what we want to hear.