Things are seldom what they seem, / Skim milk masquerades as cream.

Things are seldom what they seem.

Two percent black; that's like skim milk.

When you continuously skim the cream, that's what's going to happen,

Matrimonial devotion doesn't seem to suit her notion.

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.