5 In that city light and dark were considered good and evil.


2 In that city the sun rose and fell at the same hour every day of the year, and the people who owned walls retreated at dusk and sheltered themselves from temptation.


3 The morning light brought violins and fresh kale, time to spend in the garden, and classes on moral obligation.


4 Temptation was specified as an entity of the past and the library had shelves filled with the darkness of the city’s history.


5 Myth surrounded those shelves.


6 And those shelves had many layers.


7 Circles of hidden texts bound tight lay behind others containing acts of abominations.


8 And those books were the pillar of the city.


9 Pew fronts were filled with The Book—a book with an endless number of pages.


10 A book containing circuitry with enough memory to continually expand.


11 Sermons were drawn from the text and hymns sung by a surrounding choir of thirty-six.


12 Sin was completely denied.


13 Marriage was sacred. Families were sacred.


14 And the land and the skin upheld.