Thicker

She turned the heat on even though I said keep it off but I don't think she could hear me over all the words I was saying. Put on a sweater, I said, I already did, she said, put on a thicker one, I know you have thicker ones. And I don't remember exactly what came next but I know it had something to do with that word. Thick. And knowing me it was probably bad or at least not good. And I think what I meant to say was thicker skin, that she needs a thicker skin, and me too, that we all do. But in what I say and what I mean, I have a way of getting her cold when all I want to do is keep her warm.