the government's version of events was
inconsistent with what we knew
but until we had the film to prove it
the judge took their word in his room

the government's processing fees were
higher than we'd been led to believe
until we compared them to the past
was no way to document the thieves

the government's expert told us
to do it the way they said
but until we hired a real professional
we were stuck with demand to give head

the government official told us the way
to file the papers we had at hand
it didn't really matter what we wrote down
it was who we paid off in the end

the government paperwork always showed
that the lowest bidder got the job
the people who were at the meetings that year
say the other ones just got "lost"

the government's version of events was
inconsistent with what actually happened

12/29/25