Days, weeks, or maybe only hours later I prostrated myself before the door and wailed in complete supplication. “Please,” I begged, “Please let me serve you. That’s all I want. I will do whatever you ask of me. I will f**k women, strangers, or anyone you command me to. I will walk naked in the streets, I will learn every lesson you teach me. I will dance, I will cook, I will sew, I will be a slave; a consort; a wife; I will do whatever you want. Just let me live outside. Let me feel the sunlight on my face.” I wept at the thought of seeing a sunrise or sunset. It seemed like a half forgotten dream. “Kick me, degrade me, and make me into anything you desire. Just let me live like a human being. I don’t care about freedom anymore!” I wailed and fell forward, my hands stretched out in surren
