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jimmy tee Feb 2014
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the snow banks today are blinding in the sun
the very snow that formed from a far on high
invisible cloud that fell in temperature
and froze the water vapor itself into six sided
lightly blue crystals that never find their twin
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jimmy tee Feb 2014
15
my cat exists in another plane of actuality
an omni-directional balanced point turned into itself
no measurement can detect the far flung colors
of my cats solid state pillow caked universe
she floats upon balconies of clouds
rose fingered dawn or sacred dusk at her wish
as far away as far away can be, but really
in the same place after all
quietly asleep
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jimmy tee Feb 2014
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beside summer, three months of anything is hard to take

dear Kate Moss: I will marry you immediately
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jimmy tee Mar 2014
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nobody has their head in the game

from mineral to plant
from plant to beast
from beast to human
from human to pure soul

it is an easy universe to fool
a simple paradox
a play on words
[ cue that guy from Crete ]
creates a small disorder
disrupts the soup
spills the beans
the stars continue to spin
in heaven for sure
but a little less certain of themselves

the earth need not be saved from the gnats
currently messin’ up the scene
who listens hard to sycophants  
who paint each other green
who fret and moan such personal fears
while they foul and **** the land
as if five billion balanced years
leaves you room to understand
that people are a stubborn lot
a speck on a crumb on a speck
a fact that is very easily forgot
what else would you ever expect
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jimmy tee Mar 2014
18
insatiability is congenital
the ability to be lazy
an important life lesson

stir the stew pass the soup
both items fraught
with catastrophic possibilities

best to stand back let it flow
very little need for movement
a full shift on the couch

whatever occurs adds to the norm
the world is a statisticians dream
numbers are mirrors facing each other

the vanity virus
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jimmy tee Mar 2014
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get used to stepping over the dead
plot and plan an exit strategy
that precisely measures the extent
of words now being expressed
that, with the easy thought
of iron consequence,
would lend avoidance
to our terrible future tack
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jimmy tee Mar 2014
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at winter solstice when the sun is low

it is compensated by the fact
that the moon reaches her highest point
the situation then reverses itself
along the way a spot of equilibrium
is reached
the heavens dance without invitation
there is a statement in their movements
they shine sublime
jimmy tee Apr 2013
writing death-charged poetry
with little need
to search for signs,
for inspiration,
for it is abundant
and can take any form you like:

the mustard seed of parables
the gloss of autumn
a folding chair
a list of designations
anything that is brewed
verse jumping to memory
a quick appreciation of all that Jesus did
knowing that the lines should continue
an abstract painting
that finds a place in your soul to claw
fear
the shear numbers of morning glories possible
the fun of knowing that your philosophy
begins where other peoples end
an empty strip found in a fortune cookie
as it did last night.
jimmy tee Jan 2014
alive and awake
as I can be at this hour
hey you: its midnight

break the low lay law
there is a stairway reversed
and always the purse

follow this cold world
a revolution required
screaming like Lennon
99
jimmy tee Mar 2014
99
everyone lives ordinary lives
a list of similarities
found typical among us
would be very long, indeed
the fourth line proves the first
the very small widgets of ourselves
that are truly unique
become magnified to a large degree
when exposed to the theatre of this world
and has set about an order to permit ceaseless
displacement of the memory of past mistakes

it is always a war against something
and even an imaginary peace
cannot be created
jimmy tee Oct 2013
Live fast, die young.

Live slow, still go.
jimmy tee Nov 2013
involvement with the scientific method requires an elaborate set of controls where actions and findings can be judged to deliver results in a probability driven system
I am nearly sixty years old
how am I doin’ ?


Friday, November 1, 2013
jimmy tee Nov 2013
there exists not one solid clue
an absolute zero of evidence
no white feathers floating by
no rising tables encircled
miles of words on the subject of faith, some of the logic very beautiful
the great mystery offers silence only
no hints, no measurements
a complete absence of the rising of the dial

it stems from human feelings alone
feelings that appear constant
throughout time, culture, geography
elaborate obsessions like the dynasties of Egypt
and the kingdoms of clouds, the Andes
to brute Calvinism, the softness of the Tao
the Diets of a thousand years
hammering out the corners of dogma

no philosophy rises above the other
they all result in a head on collision
with silent fact


listen, maybe non-existence isn’t so bad
jimmy tee Jan 2014
I surely believe in ghosts
and not much more
they are ‘bout the realest
beings around
they scream the past
they are stubborn
how else to haunt ?
they are insistent in memory
constant reminders
full of tricks
spirits are as boring as they come
jimmy tee Jun 2013
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fine medium course
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add a bit of butter for the last minute of whisk
then pour into a nine by nine pan
lined with parchment
place in fridge
the protein in the corn has been gelatinized
it is firm and moist and splotchy
cut into nine squares and pan fry in
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please don’t overcrowd the pan
four minutes per side
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jimmy tee Apr 2014
and if ben franklin
had appeared before me
he would appear
as the howling strange youth
pierced, knotted, purpose of a sort
jimmy tee Jan 2014
this just in:
a needless road rage killing
a senseless movie theater killing
a pointless middle school shooting
a meaningless ****** suicide
an irrational child homicide
an illogical workplace massacre
a specious robbery shooting
a mistaken identity ******
an inane ****** for hire plot
a random killing of a farm family
a worthless gang related ******
a futile car jacking slaughter
a crazy serial killing
an groundless paperboy shooting
an unnecessary police shooting
an unfounded revenge ******
a juvenile crime gone wrong
a harebrained scheme ending in blood
a mad shooting spree
more at eleven
jimmy tee Aug 2013
there are people out there, scientists,
that probe intensely, minus most jest
they now stand before their greatest find
to further map and control the human mind
and since we are an over populist breed
compounded interest according to need
the gap seems wide from the edge of the edge
the march toward dust, the plaque of the years
jimmy tee Feb 2013
a surprise from day one
this here world life
unsolicited
unexplained but for the few
the very few that got published

billions today
billions of yesterdays
within each one of them
cranium contemplation
babysteps toward reason
a soul only satisfied through creativity
of just ‘bout any demeanor
billions upon billions of thoughts
somewhere in there lies the answer
to all inquiry
jimmy tee Dec 2013
its cold
winters thumbprint
has pressed
tree branches
toward the earth
ice is everywhere
it is no surprise
that the pendulum ride
of the seasons
gathers so much
of human conversation
its effects on us
offers so much to discuss
about ourselves
jimmy tee Nov 2013
walking out of the liquor store
wine bottles double ******

asphalt concrete curb stone
the great expanse of the universe

the mundane
welded water tight

that Escher print
of ribboned minds

personal accounting
money as abstraction

automobile documents
layers of bureaus

the great and powerful
realm of ideas

shared fallen history
the strike of the pen

ideals ethics
the avoidance of sin

cold is coming
warmth is rare

plug into existential wetness
yet suffer banality



Friday, November 1, 2013
jimmy tee Dec 2013
you can’t lose
your nice new attitude
will save you

I also like the way
you keep an eye on the numbers
not getting’ very far
without them

takin’ things in stride
as close to being worry free
as a walking skin can be
Bravo !
to all I see and to all that I do
Bravo !
jimmy tee Nov 2013
under the gun on top of the world
the rhyme and the beat
there’s a stinger out there
there is no easier explanation
as a family of artists behaves
they forge a crystal bent light
as they sleep


Sunday, November 24, 2013
jimmy tee Feb 2013
the drama in a ****** of crows
the clueless jive of the chickadee
the serious expression of the phoebe
hide and seek flickers
overly dramatic plovers
sleek kestrels, scanning the meadow
gulls always headed somewhere
the mystery of owls
robins, Art Carney-like
nuthatches that waddle through the air
an advertisement of goldfinches
vile, surly winged jays
waxwings, safe within their clique
ospreys, fat on minnows
snapshot herons always posing
patient vultures, ever on call

the perfect beasts to rule this world
they reveal personalities
to this lifetime observer
jimmy tee Apr 2013
the tallow smoke of long ago
adds depth to skies endowed
with cherub banners that softly flow
on balconies of cloud

heralds blow their horn of shell
o’er foamy crashing wave
greeting Venus, fresh from spell
of nature’s high conclave

the fish at sea, the wing that soars
stare at this creation, rapt
at beauties birth, on painted shores
such magnificence, unwrapped

hung on a wall in gilded frame
new found meaning in myth awoke
by gods that carry out their name
my philosophy now at the baroque
jimmy tee Nov 2013
to stare at wonder is no mistake
in this too large universe
where breath lies below the surface
vision, heartbeat, all the same
it is no great effort to live

time to end the search for design
there is a tingling that calls for change
so now the freedom exists
what to do, where to go
all these questions remain

I bang my hand on the table wood
just to feel, to circulate, to digest
the great mask of the collective world
will fool me no longer, buying time
will envelope a soul, un-touchable

an uncomfortable visitor
many of these ideas lead nowhere
you can scratch at meaning
claw at understanding
in so little time, a blue screen backdrop

accounting for variation
measuring the drift apparent
the suns angles creep lower
the mountains accept their lengthening shadows
certain, wise beyond words such as these


Friday, November 15, 2013
jimmy tee Jan 2014
its just a thing
a bit of substance
it has no spirit
no hidden meanings,
thoughts or feelings
the frame boxes
the painting
a clearly defined
line of no existence
inside the line
think what you will
outside the line
actuality
jimmy tee Jan 2014
mood is king
I obey
every thought
ever invented
is present
they are a crushing weight

myth
creativity
the pegboard
of the human psyche
everyone pretends
to understand

a shack by the sea
the tide setting pace
gentle waves
that never cease
bleached palms
tower overhead
in the soft breeze

passion is selfish
desire comes and goes
laziness
an undeserved reputation
hard work
barely noticeable
in the din




the suns rays
light up the snow banks
obliquely with a pink tinge
the Andes in miniature

there exists
a warm place safe
from the sting
of a world
built on irony

explain yourself to no one
coldness meets coldness
there is no room for us all
success cannot be measured

either or
that is where the mistake was made
the error of duality
man, those nuns were killers

once I began a list
of principles deemed important
it was to help serve
as a guide as I steered
my way through the world

why are we so alone?
how does the time pass
so very slowly to allow
our doubts to surface
strong, impregnable, concrete

well, I hope I have given you something to disagree with
I hope that by expressing my ideas in these poems
has offered you the opportunity to cut and tear down
the sentiments and allow  to see yourself, your actions
in a better more secure light, as if that was possible
Thanks and good night
jimmy tee Jul 2013
free form verse
is what my life will be
for summer shadows under flowered purse
is my idea of immortality
jimmy tee Feb 2014
there is something
keeping me away
from walling through this door
it is like there is a line of standing arguments
that must be satisfied
before this simple action can be completed
and it stops me in my tracks
standing here at this very moment
writing these thoughts
within the world
as it passes by
jimmy tee Feb 2013
Charlie was a leprechaun,
midway born into a family
of thirteen
the scourge of catholic school
daring to shout ‘Thank God’
when the mass was ended
smoking cigarettes
for their illicit thrill,
found himself a summer job
cleaning up the trash
at the town park,
found himself in the background
of a photo of the young cleanup crew
on the cover of the community newspaper
he was flipping off the photographer.
his mom made him wear an ace bandage
that covered his hand
but for his *******
for two weeks
his laughter was un-controllable
jimmy tee Dec 2013
more than some less than most
this dharma *** impels its ghost
to laugh and lust the days away
to cheat the dust that makes its way
from far Nepal and settles deep
on this raging skull toward final sleep
jimmy tee Oct 2013
if it kills, it kills slowly
pain is easily borne
the flower pressed pages of reality
diminish nothing
affect only the memory
which of course relies
on blips and pops

after awhile you can only sense
the release of substance into the stream
that is blood
this chemical stew is interpreted
as emotion

so where is the essence that covered the  wide eyed view of the flower in bloom?
jimmy tee Jan 2014
sipping beer at zero degree
horribly bitter winter
my fingers ache
under gray washed sky
morning doves flitter
in and around a neighboring pine
preparing for the night
and I step inside the dream
of an earth
that sleeps
jimmy tee Apr 2014
the attraction must be difficult to resist
the distance comforting
advertised as virtual but falls short

body language, nervous ticks or the lack of them
are a big part of collective contact
you know, two or more eternal souls in a room

that sense of nervousness, self doubt,
not because of the people involved
but meeting other sufferers of modern times

the emperor has new clothes
loneliness, few degrees of separation
nothing social about society
jimmy tee Aug 2013
at most points of your life you have to take a stand
this usually means propping up your own causes
in a way that allows everyone else to take a step back
the myth of the strong individual

every once in a while you have to shed a tear
when young, as a means of attracting attention
as you age, you cry toward yourself
as true maturity takes over, the plaque of the years
puts an end to this ridiculous practice

truth is unknowable
the unicorn just told me
so I spread it around
coldly, life is based on shared lies

how anarchy lifts the soul
great heights of blessed freedom
from you

of course he was right
we are built for small communities
where information dribbles in
in a process called understanding
not this ever accelerating gyre
it is just too **** big

so what good does insolence deliver?
well, it can be very inventive
and people are left confused anyway
no matter what you say
or how you say it
whats a ******* for, anyway?

maybe there’s a point to all this that everyone has missed
everyone but Voltaire
and he still ran out of time and space
I thought I was finished but I was mistaken
you see, warm air can hold more moisture than cold air
and grass grows in the direction of the sun
fences tend to separate things but cannot go on forever
and once you see a fractal, that’s about all you can see


there in the cinema
everything is staged for a purpose
maybe comedy or tragedy or adventure
then its all edited in order to present its very own meaning
that is not art
its tomfoolery
jimmy tee Jan 2014
really knowing
and unable to do anything about it
is all that’s left of irony
like most concepts
its one question
after the other
this one shorter than most
jimmy tee Apr 2014
lets call it a marrianne
its nice to coin a phrase now and then
the language will not suffer beyond the framing of this poem
a marrianne is a descriptive term of a common human trait
that magnifies exponentially with the number of human minds available
that trait is hypocrisy the art of saying one thing and doing another
in this case the matter is between peace and war
everyone wishes for peace
the arguments for war are few, but fervent when they occur
the drumbeats hard to resist, a momentum like no other
after all, war kills and maims our sons, and soon our daughters
and these precious people never ever ever recover
as empty as shells on the beach, lost to madness
and this is the definition of a marrianne:
the systematic disregard of what was once promoted using high ideals
and as a correlation: a throwaway society
jimmy tee Oct 2020
A stag’s head erased per fess
Proper and Gules attired
Or differenced with a crescent

Ermine on a fess Sable
three mullets

Or Dexter
a stag regardant
Sable attired and hoofed

Or charged on the body
with an eagle
displayed
of the last gorged
with a collar of SS
and portcullises Gold

sinister a bay horse
bridled saddled and supporting a staff

Proper headed
Or with a banner
Vert fringed and charged with the letters
Y. L. D.
Gold meaning
York light-dragoons
jimmy tee Oct 2013
bypass the normal reaction to art very concrete
is usually how it relates very concrete
to the reality that surrounds us very concrete
in very concrete mannerisms
art is free of that announcing
it stands by itself in that brain wave search of nothing
this
for us on how to truly live
that’s where the effort comes in very concrete
the magnificent load of work
it takes to be abstraction sets an example alive
successful to none very concrete by itself
a strong feeling of self


Saturday, October 26, 2013
jimmy tee Mar 2013
well I come from California
over sixteen years ago
to the green and verdant mountains
to make and peddle dough
I was hired by a family
that were just plain donut dumb
and I pounded out the business
on immigrants worked numb
Baked Fresh Daily !
to hell with labor laws
I don’t believe in overhead
and fairness makes me pause
jimmy tee Jan 2014
in extreme unction
existence is sacrament

we all agree that time was a mistake
a bothersome distraction
raises way to many questions
offers no solutions
an ear of tin
apply all the order you want
but research entropy first
jimmy tee Apr 2013
the day was grey, my mood was dour
wisdom’s words could not reveal
as I spent time and paid by the hour
the emptiness that I felt
jimmy tee May 2013
a dream from the past, was required
and leave behind today’s complex romp
to quell sad ennui’s fire
oh! when youth cured all in joyous stomp
jimmy tee Dec 2013
we are not built for modernism
instance of overload pile up
deflecting our attention from life
we are five pound bags, not ten

it takes time to adjust opinion
the result is an overcrowded rootball
unable to absorb water, nutrients
all we now need to know, obstructs

there is no blame and little correction
for tabloid populace stuck along the way
facts being what they are, emotion also,
one worthless stop good as any other
jimmy tee Jan 2014
human hypocrisy makes the world go round
you see here I sit alone with whiskey
lightly pounding these keys
in the light of knowing our condition completely
but when confronted away from here
by the actuality
I am overwhelmed by the smallest of contact
jimmy tee Jan 2014
anxiety
the built in accessory
of modern life
I can ignore it best ‘bout anyone
shifting focus at will
but I prefer it to just go away
jimmy tee Nov 2013
now where did that parachute go ?
I like what you did with the house
the staircase with the stenciling
bright ornate table lamps gaudy
but it all fits somehow
I have to get home then to work
then back here again
but I need that chute
Tommy searched a hall closet
found one unfolded and one ready to drop
I’ll sleep on a chair somewhere I thought


Monday, November 4, 2013
jimmy tee Apr 2013
well, did everyone get what they wanted?
the human animal thrives on tragedy
where else to find courage, true altruism, compassion?
certainly not in any hum drum day
where else can we bend uncertain fact
to fit our biases?

******* up in this horrible media dripping wet society
man, it is horrible to hear one million takes
on a senseless bombing
it is numbing to hear such ooze

so here, as a self appointed talking head
the street of my opinion:
just as irrational as anything else
jimmy tee Dec 2013
six pale ales Indian
swim now in me blood
smiling ideas
happy bones
blanched organs
a deep appreciate
and flavor
oh what a flavor
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