DESIRE is the story of Every teacher as he faces the students whose youth, beauty and promise are constantly at war with the damage inflicted on them by their toxic, convulsing society. Teacher Adrian Greene is one of the nicest guys at a secondary school on the island of Trinidad, but when one of his juniors is attacked by a senior he loses his famous cool. Things get out of hand when he confronts the boy about the incident and the two end up in a scuffle in the schoolyard...
Short story
Mainstream
8,300 words
First published in the anthology DESIRES: A COLLECTION OF CARIBBEAN SHORT STORIES.
