Politics

Consensus, like fine cloth, an agreement between warp and woof

for many different threads from different spinnings

to lie together creating a common image

cloth loosely woven, porous, allowing the wind to waft through

made with a few thinner threads, presents form

without substance, serves but does not last

tapestry tightly entwined provides and protects

many threads, stout and fine, holding firm against the elements

a strong visage representing all the filaments

the winds of time and change blow strongly now

the tapestry I thought I wore, the once common image

dissolving into faded madras 

as I stand here freezing