A purple stain
Just above
Scattered orange
Cheesy grimy
Brands of experience
Saggy sleeves
Rolled up
Too many times
Worn by use
Shown in white ripples
An ocean rolling
Up my arm
Buttons
Unbuttoned
Each a stone
Smoothed over years
Under mountain stream
Glowing
In their dull silence
Every seam stretched
Visible stitches
Made in China
Made in Taiwan
Only a world away
Through the portal
Of the itchy tag
On my ***** shirt