Before reading this poem one doesn"t completely realize the details and stories behind an object as basic as a shirt. I had no idea that so much detail could be found in such a simple object, much less an entire poem. This poem presents a very good example of how we can easily overlook terrible things which happen, but choose to ignore. Even though we know bad working conditions exist in small countries which produce products we need, we choose to buy these products and support the inhumane working conditions. The poem does a good job of making us more...
making something as simple as a shirt. The working conditions are poor and it supports slavery. The average person doesn"t know of these tings and ends up buying the shirt and supporting the whole process.

The poem really opened up mind to that fact the things aren"t as simple as they seem. When I first glanced at the title of the poem I had no idea that the poem would be as powerful as it actually was. It really changed my perspective of things as whole, when I now see something I wonder about the whole story behind it.