OBJECTS IN PEOPLE 

It’s easy to forget all the things, yes things, that compose a human body and are unable to choose their own path.

Slaves of a tyrannical, self-centered brain, these things spend their lives obeying orders:

Legs, jump!

Muscles, lift that arm! Now!

Heart, beat faster!

Bowels, don’t move now! Wait until there isn’t a bathroom within a mile!

Nails, grow! Now, teeth, bite those nails!

Blood, flow!

Lungs, fill!

Stomach, develop an ulcer!

Skin, break into a rash!

Some of these orders have no practical purpose; they’re only displays of power. A cruel, narcissistic brain can even terminate the body it lives inside, as if it could survive on its own.