It’s impossibly ugly

The sweater

But I wear it each week

No matter the weather

Pilly fabric

Seams hidden

Not so well

Turtleneck which

Might

Or

Might not

Suit me

And bell sleeves

Which definitely don’t.

Slightly too short to be practical

Slightly too loose for comfort

Slightly too warm

Yet somehow too thin

Yet I wear it day in

And I wear it day out.

And however it flatters me

Or however it doesn’t

I can’t help

But return

It to

Its rightful place

Among my clothes

Because however lovely

Some may be

Few can claim

Few can claim to be as soft

As [obligatory it’s just begging for ‘he’ or ‘thee’ to match ‘be’ but I’m not about to fix everything else to do it!] it