The Press Guardian #16
David Michael Newstead | The Philosophy of Shaving
The aftermath.
The vote’s aftermath was seismic.
A million protesters congregated in the street and the city finally woke up for the first time in decades.
The capital became a living, breathing thing: vast and complex with ordinary people flowing through its veins.
These long processions were the city’s limbs reaching out. They were its collective will powered by thousands of beating hearts.
Demonstrators were everywhere, occupying every corner and chanting in any public square.
The atmosphere was tense, their anger palpable.
But there was also a unity among them: a shared sense of purpose.
As she marched alongside countless others, Cynthia Blake realized she was witnessing the beginning of something truly historic.
But only the beginning.
Democracy was re-asserting itself in the country.
Perhaps, it was too late, she thought.
Perhaps, the regime would be intractable, impossible to ever dislodge now.
But here, all around her, were the faces of everyday opposition.
These people had seen passed the propaganda and the lies.
They craved the truth.
And all hope for the future was in their hands.
The Press Guardian will return in our next thrilling adventure, The Press Guardian #17!
