"And then for the first time in his life Boris said aloud: There is a limit to everything everywhere." -Matvei Yankelevich, from Boris By The Sea

5

I only move when the little beasts tell me to move. I only speak when the little beasts tell me to speak. I eat when they tell me to. I sleep when I’m told. I grow old this way, doing as the little beasts say, trusting that they know best for me. And then, it happens. The voices stop. I’m lost in the dark world, unable to know what is the right thing to do with myself. This is a birth of some kind.