If at first you don’t hit bottom,
you will hit a series of possibly-maybes,
the perhapses, something silly of a quizás
and the trusted not-yet.
When in grace,
I met you laughing.
The field, lit with last night’s rain,
still damp,
glowed somewhat firefly.
You said you liked men with shaved heads,
I took a clipper to my skull.
The whirrsome blade belied my want.
But I passed it off,
“Baby, you’d do it too in Kentucky weather.”
You smiled, left me
sliding downhill in my black sweats,,
always oversized hiding
a dad bod.
I latched onto a tourist and she made me do it.
This is how I fight alcohol
when I feel alone.
Manny Grimaldi works in Kentucky. He manages Yearling, a Poetry Journal for Working Writers. Manny is the author of the upcoming poetry collection Finding a Word to Describe You, a book covering the whole gamut of emotion in one seemingly ill-advised, whirlwind relationship. It is released for consumption by Whiskey City Press (2025). In 2024, he self-published a full length poetry book about addiction and family issues, Riding Shotgun with the Mothman, and a satirical chapbook ranging from the literary and cinematic, to political and pop sensibilities named ex libris Ioannes Cerva. Recently he was awarded The Browning Literary Club Poetry Award by Western Kentucky University Creative Writing Faculty for “Judas Contemplates a Painting.” Manny is father to two genius-level children. His currency is his word. The dishes are never done.
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