I'd Rather Be Warm Than Trendy Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

I'D RATHER BE WARM THAN TRENDY: A CHEERY WINTER'S TALE

I want a winter coat that sweeps the ground

no matter what they say to me in town

when they dart out in shirt sleeves

even though they're freezing;

endow me with their fashionista frowns.

well, it's alright.

I want a hat that covers up my ears so tight

though I will not be counted as your peer.

two hats, or three and I'll be filled with glee

and then I'll be a happier me

though you think I look so absurd

and then a scarf that winds around the moon, the earth,

or could, woolly, woolly

good good good good good

I'll be warm as toast

confident in the Holy Ghost

with cherry mittens on and then some.

warm all day.

no matter what you say!

jingely jingle all the way.

as if I'm in the month of May.

mary angela douglas 3 september 2019