(physical poetry)
SKIMMED MILK.
Stories.
Factually complete.
Collected tenderly,
thoroughly from all over:
the periphery and the center,
the ‘ins’ and the ‘outs’,
the ‘ifs’ and the ‘hows’,
the ‘whys’ and the ‘maybes’.
All of it,
loaded in.
Drum - in a locked position,
Its stainless steel,
pristine clean surface
shining with certified assurances.
Ready
to be spun at high speeds
of centrifugal separation.
For the heavy content
to be sifted out and burned.
Through omission
and through denial.
If not possible
- altered, fused with additives
until convenient distortion
has taken place.
Remainder
to be analyzed once more,
approved,
and finally provided to the masses.
Trusted sources
work hard
to prepare the sterile consumption.
Completely factual at that.