And there was a great bounty of all types of food in the middle of the desert. Men and women came upon the food; on almost every person's back sat and angel, holding the people with a harness. The men and women who didn't have an angel ate till they grew massive, and finally exploded. But the men and women with the angel upon their backs were held from eating too much; they prospered and multiplied.

And there were all types of bounties to be found, many poppy plants, sensual delights, mindless electronic pleasures. And the men and women with the angels upon their backs were held from indulging, and prospered, and multiplied, and looked in disgust at the ones with no harness, who could fill a sea with their fat. These all died quickly.

And I saw a Perfect Woman. She was still, lying, sleeping. Her brain cells started to pick minerals from her blood and use them to attack impurities. They made little spears from the iron in her blood, formed tiny colonies, attacked other brain cells. They made dwellings from materials in her blood, formed robotic brain cells, traveled the body, created opposing groups, speculated on their origin and the nature of the Perfect Woman. Worshiping her, they diseased her, until finally she was made of sterile metal.