Sire is a young boy in the neighborhood who looks at Esperanza with hungry eyes. Esperanza decides to look back to him to show that she is not afraid, to be courageous and strong. However, when Esperanza looks to him, she stares for too long and his stares in a way that makes her blood curl. Esperanza wonders why he looks to her that way when he has a girlfriend named Lois, whom he is always taking to the alley. She asks him how he kisses Lois, as her desire to become a woman blossoms.
Sire represents the.....
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