From Human being to human bean

Reading Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis in college was the first time reading a story gave me a visceral, physical reaction. But, it wasn’t the first time I had the opinion that I’d rather be a human than a bug. Now that I’m older, the idea of being human has started to weigh on me. I’m supposed to do this for how long? Anyway, got me thinking…what if I could be a coffee bean for a day? What would it be like to be so needed, so desired by so many in the world? But then I realized that we roast and then obliterate those beans to enjoy our daily cold brew, and once again, I realized being a human is pretty great.