Strainer

1594 strainer in debrief 

Metallic basket, glinting shell bereft 

Slashed and in thirst of cure or relief. 

Its purpose clear, yet an email behest 

An MOC to strip you of your sieve. 

No aegis from ERG could keep Ops, 

Against all engineering combative, 

From doffing your screen, midst OEM squawks. 

Without a filter mesh, your barren cage 

Returned to the snaking metal domain 

Awaiting sludge to dance upon its stage 

A day before, a penny saved, no pain. 

Until startup, its purpose fully found 

To keep the cold box's flow pure and sound.