Jeffrey Hermann

There Are Many Difficult Things to Do This Morning

So I get up and get in line. Nobody wins the lottery anymore. All the money gets broken back down into chemicals and dyes. Someone is richer for it. Not me. In your dreams you’re an action hero who works in IT. You’re captured by someone from HR. You’re freed by someone from marketing. You’re both running down the stairs. Then you’re standing on the sidewalk. It’s there you share passwords. Someone from corporate security writes up a warning. Then you kiss. There are sparks. The NASDAQ drops then rises again like a monster stabbed in the neck. The windows on the top floors don’t open, but you can see people waving. Some of them are signaling that you should escape and never return. Some are signaling that you need to get back to work. You suddenly realize you’ve never tested the possibilities in your body. You get ready to do it.