White coat
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* Aparna Sajja

*   Politics

> > Its feigned objectivity
> > 
> > crisply ironed with the cost of ignorance.
> > 
> > Unstained
> > 
> > by the wearer's lack of intention.
> > 
> > Far from pure ––
> > 
> > with calculated aloofness.
> > 
> > How soon it forgets,
> > 
> > though rarely forgives
> > 
> > our shared history.
> > 
> > Priding the consumer's need
> > 
> > in its sustenance and power.
> > 
> > Its fabric no longer delicately woven
> > 
> > from dreams of multicolored shepherds
> > 
> > set free,
> > 
> > seeking to heal.
> > 
> > Now mass produced,
> > 
> > fit to provide
> > 
> > for an economy of its kind.
> > 
> > Forgetting that without you,
> > 
> > I am not.
> > 
> > May wrinkles and stains fall upon it,
> > 
> > graceful reminders of its truth.

## Footnotes

*   Competing interests None declared.

*   Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.