Killing me softly

I used to filter my water
until I read an earnest piece
on how filtration creates
a nightmare mesh of ions

that could kill me slowly
in increments
invisibly

My doorstep order stopped
semi-skimmed was a scam
soya milk became my only whitener
until I heard of soya's poison

that could kill me slowly
in increments
invisibly

So I tried macrobiotics
which transformed my health
into a delicate ashen state
and I poohed dust got scared

that it could kill me slowly
in increments
invisibly

one day on my fourteenth diet
I caught sight of myself
in the mirror of a polished ladle
I was scared of meat, water, fat and milk
and I was running out of time
to find a life
which wouldn't

kill me slowly
in increments
invisibly

now I live on bad poetry.