ZOMBIES' SECRET

The soul is an illusion
A cause of much confusion
And very little gain
And the facts would be consistent
If my soul were nonexistent
If I only had a brain

I'd unravel schemes Cartesian
Replacing them with reashon
And make things clear again
I'd elucidate how mostly
I'm a shell, but not so ghostly
If I only had a brain

Oh I
Can't tell you why
So many folk expound
On mental states they don't know how to ground
When no such states
Are to be found!

I'd abandon all reliance
On fields less pure than science
Confusing in the main
Talk of mind would be denotin'
Simple acts of cells and prot'in
If I only had a brain