by Jeffrey Hermann...You can squeeze a human brain into the same container, she added, but you won’t see anything remarkable. Now you’re looking into a mirror. Lay down your weapons and kill an idea of yourself up close. Face to face. Stop practicing taxidermy.

by Jeffrey Hermann NASA An old friend moves home but I don’t reach out. Months pass. I look around for him when I’m in a crowd. Nothing yet. Some people keep diaries, some watch history documentaries, and some think the past can fuck right off. I know myself well enough to only read self-help books halfway through. Tomorrow can be a better day but the day after that there will be a hurricane. A journalist stands on the beach and says winds will exceed 80 MPH. She explains the

by Jeffrey Hermann The New York Public Library Whoever invented blaming our mothers should stand up and take a bow. They couldn’t be here tonight so accepting the award on their behalf is their mother. She thanks the social sciences. The award for best original song most likely to end up in a Volvo commercial is a five-way tie. My favorite speech of the night was from that guy from that thing who came from nothing and suffered many setbacks and even poverty and was told to gi

by Jeffrey Hermann S. Laiba Ali God bless those who don’t wake up to task lists. Peace be to the humans who sleep late and miss garbage day, who have to live with the odor another week. The wind is whistling through the tall grass, through your lips. Let’s photograph us on this bridge. Let’s come together around this tart I made for dessert. I made it with love. I made it without sugar because of your diet, your starving. We’re going through a difficult time. A tunnel, a path