I have an eye for trends
And one that’s sweeping through the nation
Is an unexpected Renaissance
In self-examination
While the world may be in chaos
And the ship of state is lurching
The leadership is focused on
Their souls–through which they’re seaching
You’ve seen it in the headlines
This tend that I’ve been praising
And it goes beyond the limits
of just routine naval gazing
In a story the enlisted
Would find trying to believe
The SECDEF, that’s Lloyd Austin
Turned up absent without leave
His staff announced, at once
It was the truth they’d be pursuing
And concluded things went wrong
But with an absence of wrong-doing.
They followed all the clues
And didn’t care which way they went
Asserting that you’re innocent
When lacking ill-intent
Complete exoneration
Can be guaranteed and seen to
If you say with deep conviction
That you really didn’t mean to
Their scrutiny was scrupulous
Their motivation’s, pure
Of course, these same folks told us
That the border was secure
So, when you face the music
Just be sure that you’re in charge
And that includes the documents
You keep in your garage
