Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker

• ' paper '

  Used as a metaphor for human power
• ' how easily they fall away' due to a ' shift ' of ' wind '

  Suggests how the power of man can crumble when faced with nature. Nature not a force to be controlled
• ' credit card might fly our lives like paper kites '

  Shows how money dominates and controls us because of our greed.
• • shows how patriotism and nationalism are damaging
  • metaphorical power of nature - exposure, prelude
• Structure : enjambment & free verse