In Winter’s Nick

Ferocious imitator
Everyone is, humans are

More inclined to consensus
Than to conflict. The conflicts

Flare between imitators
Of divergent conventions,

And conventions will diverge
Since, one, you can’t metaphrase

The world, thus each paraphrase
Is bound to differ, and, two,

All things evolve over time,
Including each consensus,

Which is just a stricter way
To say, everything changes,

And, three, the species competes
By coordinating groups,

So you can’t have unity
Globally unless you change

Bodies or circumstances
Drastically, which you haven’t,

Yet. For now you can complain
About how the other groups

Conflict with your consensus,
And complaining about this

Is the closest to global
Consensus you’ll likely get.

Meanwhile, Earth turns, winds bring storms,
And weird stars burn through their nights.