grateful for the little hands that made it

grateful

for the button, all of them

that holds

this shirt together,

i give

thanks

to the little hands

that made

the collar, the sleeve

and the rest of it

in woven

cotton, sewed together

in some far away

Eastern land.

i'll hang

it in the closet with the others,

and maybe

one day

i'll choose to wear

it once more,

if the mood strikes

me for green

again.