I am afraid to own a Body — The Count of Monte Cristo

I am afraid to own a Body－¹
I am afraid to own a Soul－
Profound－precarious Property－
Possession, not optional－

Double Estate－entailed at pleasure ⁵
Upon an unsuspecting Heir－
Duke in a moment of Deathlessness
And God, for a Frontier.

(F.1050/J.1090)

[1] I:: Edmond Dantes, the protagonist of the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
[1–4] afraid, not optional:: his fourteen-year imprisonment in an island.
[5] Double Estate:: two identities, Edmond Dantes and Count of Monte Cristo.
[6] Heir:: Edmond inherited a fortune from Abbe Faria.
[7] Deathlessness:: Edmond's escape from the prison.
[8] God:: Edmond's revenge as playing God.