We have come to need
ever-littler men
with ever-littler hammers
to fix things –
to climb through the keyhole
when your car won’t start
and shine a flashlight
on the computer inside.
Sometimes a bolt is loose
or a screw,
and he has a mini-
tool for that.
I’ve met these men.
One used to work for
Lucky Charms, a
cush job, but
as luck would have it,
he got downsized.