Chapter 03: Cities and Desire 05

In that city, with its streets honking and waving, the cries of local pride surged like gusts across a wide berth of water, raining images on waterfalls.

The sway of soft skirts tossed in the gusts as, with balding, pigeon-chested enthusiasm, thousands of locals embarked on this journey to freedom

This was a group whose natural desire for an honest appraisal of their inner desires, where success was tempered by inner struggle and failure had wings of acceptance, found a receptive audience

In that city, sons transformed into their fathers, grandsons into sons, and young daughters transformed into brave soldiers driven by dreams of chasing dreams even in a ravaged land, an unhinged desire seeped into the deepest recesses of dark caves. A genuine desire found an environment where they could blend together, yielding a rare fluorescence.