by lucidquite
· 01/05/2026
Published 01/05/2026 12:31
It came from the wash as a tangled gray bird,
the saddest disaster that I’ve ever heard.
A five-dollar t-shirt of loosely spun thread,
now a wet knot that is better off dead.
I pick at the fuzz with a thumb and a nail,
a small-scale attempt at a garment-based jail.
White fibers are stuck in the ridges of skin,
where the cheapness of cotton has finally set in.
#cheap fashion #clothing discomfort #consumerism #domestic life #material waste
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