I bought this coat....

.... for £14 in a charity shop in Haddington.

You don't wear this coat.
You go into it like you would
into a centrally heated thick-walled fortress.

And the weight of it: None of this modern padded
lightweight (in all senses of the word) rubbish
that makes you wonder if you exist.

You know you do in this coat.

And healthy: It keeps you fit:
Just getting into it sorts you out for the day.

What a bargain:
It's a new home that I swear
would survive the Earth colliding with a comet.

And it's a wild cold night outside as I type this.

But here I am, cosy, inside my coat.