We learned from the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff,
General Joseph F. Dunford, Commandant of Marines,
Some facts on the ambush that sent flags half mast
And left loved ones grieving in publicized scenes
The ambush took place in the town, Tongo Tongo
A detail of twenty, or so, came to town
To visit the chief of the tribe, village honcho
On leaving the village they then were mowed down
Surveillance was missing; no drone overhead
It took more an hour for word to get out
A French helicopter took those who weren’t dead
And rescued them safely; their mission a rout
Buzfeed also learned in their own interviews
That the detail itself was unduly detained
By the villagers siding with terrorist crews
Thus allowing one ambush and one that was feigned
They fought the feigned ambush an hour or so
Then met the main ambush, some fifty men strong
With mortars, machine guns and rockets to go
The Pentagon’s trying to learn what went wrong
When all said and done green berets, four men dead
They have been laid to rest. Their commander in chief,
Now it’s day twenty one, not a word has he said
On the death of these men, not a tweet, absent grief
Due to public outcry, at a furious pace
Formal letters, condolence, Trump’s staff’s mailing out
To all gold-star families since Trump took his place
As Commander in Chief. Their effects, I have doubts
But Trump, being Trump always needs be in fights
Now a young gold-star widow and a House member too
Both are black, both are female, having Trump dead to rights
This is Trump’s new distraction from the deaths he must rue
But politically the casualty is General John Kelly
Who sold his soul lying for Don Trump, his boss
It is really unfortunate that his word is but jelly
As Trump’s Chief of Staff, we are all at a loss
10/23/17
