low on water and unwilling to go into the world for more/the man sighs and fills his coffee pot with tapwater

his is not one of the states involved in a class-action lawsuit/alleging that the tapwater of the participating states/is linked to testicular cancer

nonetheless his dislike of tap for his consumption includes the knowledge that the motorola semiconductor division/sent plumes of pcb-laden waste/into the local groundwater

and though supposedly cleanup occurred/who knows in these days of deregulation/what kinds of misdeedery happens on the sly

the coffee is brewed and he pours himself a cup

he knows his mind will play a trick and make the coffee taste metallic

except

in these days of deception

he does not know