Overall, I really like the imagery of the poem and the off-kilter references. Like Charmz, I was also thrown by the hard, unyielding flesh reference. I wondered if the reference it to help establish the subject's insanity but he recognizes his mortality, so I would have thought he'd see his flesh as anything but hard. (Hard implies to me tough.) As always, though, you've given us a poem that makes us think. Thanks!