Sunday. Me.
God put laugh tracks on my long-awaited return to the silver screen.
Monday. Me.
My stupidity a melting ribeye,
most assuredly not rare.
The world is rigorously honest fools full of kings—
brutes hot, steaks full of me, me, me, me
and more of me
Tuesday. Me.
Good society is a recipe.
Apply heat
at both ends.
Let cool the middle.
Wednesday. Me.
What came before, fire.
What’s left is ashes.
Scars let us know how to forgive and love.
Thursday. Me.
Mind my mind in yours at dinner, lover.
The arm of space
drops basil and pepper,
in smoking broth,
silken shimmers chicken,
it begs your honor crush its happiness.
I cannot escape crying to stop laughing.
Friday. Me.
I still beg—
and every wish
becomes the light.
Lake-dark
fish surface to help,
suspicious, I tread—
they aren’t asked for.
Saturday. Me.
No, I know, is the most important word in several languages.
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Manny Grimaldi is a Kentucky writer and editor. He is editor at Yearling Poetry Journal, in Lexington, Kentucky. He authored a self-published poetry collection, Riding Shotgun with the Mothman, and a chapbook, Ex Libris Ioannes Cerva (by anonymus scriptus). Manny looks toward a nearing book release with Whiskey City Press. He can be reached at http://mannygrimaldi.mypixieset.com.
at both ends.
Let cool the middle.
Wednesday. Me.
What came before, fire.
What’s left is ashes.
Scars let us know how to forgive and love.
Thursday. Me.
Mind my mind in yours at dinner, lover.
The arm of space
drops basil and pepper,
in smoking broth,
silken shimmers chicken,
it begs your honor crush its happiness.
I cannot escape crying to stop laughing.
Friday. Me.
I still beg—
and every wish
becomes the light.
Lake-dark
fish surface to help,
suspicious, I tread—
they aren’t asked for.
Saturday. Me.
No, I know, is the most important word in several languages.
--
Manny Grimaldi is a Kentucky writer and editor. He is editor at Yearling Poetry Journal, in Lexington, Kentucky. He authored a self-published poetry collection, Riding Shotgun with the Mothman, and a chapbook, Ex Libris Ioannes Cerva (by anonymus scriptus). Manny looks toward a nearing book release with Whiskey City Press. He can be reached at http://mannygrimaldi.mypixieset.com.