Strained


No, it is not like squeezing a lemon

And catching the pips before they

Slip into the glass of hot water and

Honey


Nor is it like pouring the *** of

Boiled water into a sieve to dry

Spaghetti which oddly enough

Looks like a brain


Filtering fear is a different process

Because the gauze though meant

To draw **** from the wound, it

Coagulates and obstructs


So, one has to make accommodations

For uncertainty when living outside

The security fences where most people

Are too frightened to venture or be strained.