Because women need time alone, because they need it with the kids out of the house, because I was home from work, because the playground was dirty.
None of it, don’t even tell me, they whine, drool and cry. None of it, don’t even tell me,
I’m drooling too. The cream cheese in the refrigerator is mixed with flesh tone fishy pink.
Boxes of Wheat Thins, plates of these, in bed. Heaven, she goes with the children.
She’s eating a watermelon with salt.
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.
His current book Finding a Word to Describe You, is now available through Amazon on the link below.
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