christmas sweater

christmas sweater with fake jewels
you’re on my body
during school
with a kitten staring out of my chest

your sleeves are too short
you stretch into my armpits
with your dusty christmas cheer

are you happy now
that you hold me like a fever

the eyes
of passersby rub up and down my torso
caressing the cartoon christmas
on my sweater
no better season to wear you

found in a box
today you find your platform

you glow up around my chin
and fog my glasses with hot cocoa steam
you make me dream
of ill-fitting outerwear
that’s you