Ode to a Tertiary Member of the Family

You are not necessary,
but you are welcomed

anyway, always called
during every montage,

when the family needs
inevitably to reunite,

for a rescue or another
one last job. You are

indispensable, expert
in some miscellaneous

but crucial skill, bombs
or hacking or just morale,

and you can always be
relied upon to reflect

the one characteristic
there is time for you

to demonstrate: perhaps
you do not speak English,

or you like food, or maybe
you are a woman.