Cyborg’s Quandary?

[Don Coyote]

Your meat is you
You’re your meat
The meat is you

You equal meat
Without the meat
There is no you

Without you
Your meat is just
Meat

You equal meat
But
You plus meat also
Equals you

There is no
Dichotomy
Between
Mind
And
Body

But
   How
      Much

Meat does there need to be?

A soldier without a leg
Is still a soldier

A person blinded by an accident
Is still a person

A heart can be replaced
But not a brain

Is that all the meat
You need
To be
You?

Stripped of organs
And flesh

Brain encased
In shining steel

Does that you still
Remain you?

Even with eyes that see
Beyond human sight?

Even with limbs with strength
Beyond human might?

What if immortality meant giving up
Scents
And
Flavors
And
Hunger?

What does it mean to be
Human then?

You’re meat
Your meat

It is yours to do with
And
You can do with you
As you wish

How will your brain react
Without the cavalcade
Of self-administered
Drugs
And
Hormones?

[The Wizard Joseph]

There is more to mankind than meats the eye.

Great poem!

[Don Coyote]

There is more to mankind than meats the eye.

Great poem!

Thanks.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Hey, I missed this one 'cause I was on a plane and shit. Nice work! I like your poetry, you have a gift.

[Don Coyote]

Hey, I missed this one 'cause I was on a plane and shit. Nice work! I like your poetry, you have a gift.

Thanks. I'm starting to get poetry published, so I must be doing something good.

[Doktor Howl]

It's definitely good enough for publication.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I would kind of love to read this to my Cognitive Neuroscience class, I think they would dig it.

Not sure the professor would go for it, though. Even assuming you gave your consent for me to read it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I particularly love it because I am super getting into the whole gut-brain axis thing, how so many of the microbes in our bodies produce the same enzymes, the same functional proteins that we produce, and how this has an effect on our moods and behaviors.

[Don Coyote]

I would kind of love to read this to my Cognitive Neuroscience class, I think they would dig it.

Not sure the professor would go for it, though. Even assuming you gave your consent for me to read it.

Go for it.

I particularly love it because I am super getting into the whole gut-brain axis thing, how so many of the microbes in our bodies produce the same enzymes, the same functional proteins that we produce, and how this has an effect on our moods and behaviors.

I wasn't even thinking about the potential influence of the human microbiome on us. SO MANY CHEMICALS!!!

It's definitely good enough for publication.

That means a lot coming from you.

[Don Coyote]

Finally getting around to do all those recordings I said I was going to do...

https://soundcloud.com/ian-woolley-9/cyborgs-quandary

[The Wizard Joseph]

Finally getting around to do all those recordings I said I was going to do...

https://soundcloud.com/ian-woolley-9/cyborgs-quandary

That was nifty and well performed!
Must look into this Soundcloud thing.

[Don Coyote]

Thanks. Soundcloud is handy because it has an app.

[The Wizard Joseph]

Got it downloaded and installed. Will futz with it when I get some free time this weekend.

Any tips?

[Don Coyote]

It's been pretty user friendly for me.