Brumaire's Coat

Most coats are woven to keep the body warm as winter nears. Brumaire's coat is different. When you put it on, you will feel extremely cold, and it will chill you to the bone. Your shoulders will slump under the weight of regret, the encroaching darkness and the days gone by. Why should you put up with the overwhelming heat of life? Your hands will be covered with frost. Your lips will embrace silence. A layer of ice will weigh down your eyelids, as if to encourage you to close your eyes right now. Then the sound of a laughing child will wake you from your daydream, and you will have a burning desire to eat strawberry sorbet.