Cathleen Calbert

Eiffel Tower,
Statue of Liberty,
Skyscraper piercing

The blue diaphragm
Of heaven? No, we’re talking
Tomato fruitworm,

Watered silk,
Soldier at ease.
Tom Thumb won’t stand

For the military-industrial complex.
He has no religion.
As far as politics,

He can go either way.
He’s nonpartisan,
Californian.

Curled inside a nest of curls,
Dreaming of childhood,
Zen indifference,

He sings the one
Simple song he can:
Never Again, Never Again.