Just Being a Person Is a Work of Art
- Jun 16, 2023
- 1 min read
by Jeffrey Hermann
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 give it up but he didn’t and got the role of a lifetime. His performance as a regular man who wastes his god-given talents but falls in love with a woman and years later is still turned on by where his wife’s inner thigh meets her panties was a revelation. He thanks his ability to disassociate. Soon after, jobs come pouring in. His next role is a foul-mouthed detective who can’t solve a thing. It’s a commercial flop but the critics watch it in bed on their phones and declare it something else.
Jeffrey Hermann’s poetry and prose has appeared in Okay Donkey, Heavy Feather, UCity Review, Perhappened, and other publications. Though less publicized, he finds his work as a father and husband to be rewarding beyond measure.
