My mom gave my dad one

A gift he barely remembers receiving from a wife that isn’t his wife anymore

A turtle neck with white finishes

It’s warm and blue

 

My dad let me try it on

It fit me kind of loose

I thought it looked cool

He let me keep it

It’s warm and blue

 

My mom recognised it in a picture of me

A familiar turtle neck with white finishes

“I got it for your father”

He hadn’t mentioned that to me

It’s warm and blue

 

I had one made for a girl I liked

A late birthday present she never received

French penguin printed on the front

It’s warm and black

 

I got drunk one night

Felt sick and cold the next day

We’re roughly the same size so

I put the penguin on myself

It’s warm and black

 

My ex girlfriend has one of mine

I brought it to her on a cold Friday evening

it fit a little loose

I thought she looked kind of cool

No print on the front

No print on the back

It’s warm and fawn

 

She wants to give it back

For obvious reasons

But she wants to wash it first

It’s warm and fawn

 

I wonder what would happen if I smashed them all together

Turtle neck with white finishes

French penguin on the front

No print on the front

No print on the back

Fitting me kind of loose

Roughly my size

Looking kind of cool