There is a lot that you can say
In favour of a good duvet –
Sound grounds that anyone can give
For duveting the way you live.
They're stylish, simple, classy, neat
And you can do without a sheet.
What tends, however, to appal
Is that their one size should fit all.
By "all" I think I should make clear
I mean the nights throughout the year.
Except in modern city flats
Where life is ruled by thermostats
They range through quite a few degrees
So now you roast and then you freeze
How cold's a given night in fact?
With blankets you can add/subtract
For all the duvet's finery
The choice is strictly binary:
It's "ON" or "OFF", but there's a neat
Way of shedding excess heat:
An arm or leg thrust out the side;
Which is better? You decide.
I've seen both - moving, too, what's more,
As mute nocturnal semaphore.
