Portrait

He looked like a Senator. Or like a Senator would like to look. Trustworthy and wise. But there was also something mysterious about him. Something hidden. Together, it was quite the package. People were impressed. But, after a while, they would realise that there was no mystery. The only thing that he was hiding was that he had nothing to hide. And the looks? They were misleading. He wasn’t a bad or a stupid man, but he couldn’t live up to his own face.