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jimmy tee Jan 2014
the farmer tills the rocky field
his mule pulls the plow blade
there are straps and curved wood
that connect man, animal, machine and earth
until a stone is uncovered
the farmer will work with rod and lever
to remove the obstruction
the mules watches, relaxes
then hauls the stone away to the pile
they then commence to till again
jimmy tee Feb 2013
revolutionaries under skull scarves
armed with  consistent ideals
held between their teeth
just add water and stir
tear it all down please
except for the jokes
best news available
forgiveness is free
but smiles extract a high cost
chrome replaced by plastic
well of course the effort is there
some poor decision making
is in the forecast
but that remains the best way
to extract revenge from fate itself
the ancients forged great argument
around purpose and substance
they would invent dialogue
to present their thoughts
on basic reality
I cannot get over the gap in context
jimmy tee Nov 2013
preempt my tempt
smash the Doric temple
down
spare the others
notice the color of the sky
it is not as you remember
merged that’s what happened
finally influenced
by the sea
an ocean of wood
words fly
the only truth
available
no rhyme reason or snort
yeah
we suffer appointment
while fish
drift lazily
‘neath the sun
innocence returns for one more night
but a long one at that
it might be fun
becoming darkness
the void of being
laughter does have a knack, jack,
of drifting through time
it can be touched


Thursday, October 31, 2013
jimmy tee Apr 2013
Now Russell used 10 million word
and Keats a fraction there of
but their discovery can be heard
as they speak from high above.

To find the truth, you take the dare
and give it all ye might
and accept it’s empty stare
as ye face the cold black night
jimmy tee Nov 2013
the investigation is on going
it would be premature to comment
on how many shots were fired
although that is easily where the inquiry would start

they shoot mentally ill people in the USA
that includes Burlington, Vermont
they shoot mentally ill people in the USA
procedures are in place

the police chief hides behind condescending words
diverting attention from the basic facts
there is no need to shoot someone armed with a shovel
on a calm neighborhood street

the powers know that outrage cannot be sustained
in a world speeding to who knows where
no laws were broken, they shift regularly anyway
hidden on the 10 o’clock news



Friday, November 8, 2013
jimmy tee May 2013
unhealthy amount of golf here's some poetry from the days of dark corners of 2009
jimmy tee Nov 2013
structure not
nor form nor style
the freedom of these words
mountain mountain mountain still
said the beast toward
assembled masses
of alpine jelly moss
as fast as whom the spectrum chases
to the road past
human
toil
quoted by mother jones
my mother jones
you lost your keys
recently
you will lose a very noisy game


Thursday, October 31, 2013
jimmy tee Oct 2013
it was the corruption that caused the social upheaval
in this nation
not the correct response of an increase in cynicism
of the populace
toward institutions that serve only themselves


most people I know just want to have a family, a home, and eager to work for these things, a job that is meaningful and offers respect and as much challenge as the individual can handle and then the employee repays that respect in delivering it to the outside world everyday
the result would be a better world
jimmy tee Dec 2013
the same kind of rainclouds
roll in from the springtime horizon, to spread life,
here, where you are reading this poem
and there, most every other place on this globe
imagine that: we all live under the same kind of sky

the wise man was asked:
“do we, as men, follow your words and reach nirvana?”
“but for the raw material, this would be so”, was his reply


there is a ghost hovering above me at all times
youth kept him at bay; old age increases his presence
he hangs like a jellyfish alight in the air
wide eyes dark spaces mystery
a span of some sort
jimmy tee Jan 2014
moments ago
a certain thought
crossed my mind

capillaries
intellect
repetition

art is defined
by its frame
where it is not

ever make
a decision
that flew away?

hate the noise
not the person
jimmy tee Dec 2013
cold
very cold north country night
comin’ up below zero on the scale
there is no pain quite like the pain you get
from cold frigid air the sky
will be starry full of bulls and twins
hunters and seven sisters caught in the middle
an endless panorama that somehow
ends some day
jimmy tee Dec 2013
when a possibility becomes real in the fullest sense
potential goes out the window real fast
motion movement requires an explanation
there is a conflict within the meaning of most words
infinity exists in the figures awaiting sculpt in Carrara
perfection in meditation of myself contemplating
immaterial substance
done or not done, it is all that it seems
jimmy tee Mar 2013
over a German city that was in flames
a miraculous magnetism which shrunk the fires
where factories were operating night and day
trapped in the amber of this moment
on Earth is there any talk of free will
there is so much I should be doing
And that thought had a brother
the illogical nature of human beings
life, as a human being, only is enjoyable with unknowns
objects do not consist of parts
jimmy tee Apr 2013
the sound of water the sight of trees
the crushing vice of memories
the hints of understanding led,
to declarations left unsaid
that skipped by meaning
and fled to feeling
a place that deserves little trust
sunbeams lead to floating dust
jimmy tee Mar 2013
all resolution is slippery,
the firmer the foundation,
with pilings sent deep,
the swifter the undermining.

there is an inertia
in drawing breath that becomes
an immovable focus intent
on repetition alone, always
leading to itself; call it
the myth of life, for this
temporal existence stands
far from our true being.

so says the sage, planting crops
so says the priest, spinning comfort
so says the banker, theatre tickets in hand
so says the poet, eyeing his words
so says the parent, with blind instruction

stand mute before your needs
awareness doesn’t amount to much,
nor does anything else.
jimmy tee Mar 2013
from a faraway point of me
comes a click of understanding
the gears mesh: I am enlightenment
my soul less of a mystery
a mean little three point landing
only time dissolves this sentiment
then a distant echo as punishment
jimmy tee Mar 2013
just barely hangin’ on

can actually feel

the released temper chemicals

into my bloodstream unwanted

I change none the less

why is this subconscious discharge necessary?

useful against predators

what else does this cranium

have in store for the mood of tomorrow?

enough already
jimmy tee Mar 2013
light and jolly
that’s my name
but call me _
just the same
see I arrived
in stance and pomp
then stole away
to this worlds romp
and I spread a whisper
‘bout the unseen
how it falls short
to reality’s scene
‘’Hard Headed Facts, folks
why I’m a living pun’’
slammed shut then chased
forever on the run
jimmy tee Mar 2013
he was a person just like you or me


Raffaello died at 37
in between he created
unlike any other

counter movements
formed three hundred years
after his death
[the first modern art revolution   The Pre-Raphaelites]

that is how large he was

If you are able to live briefly
choose your time well
and large was the Florentine
1510 year of our lord

a time of spires rising toward heaven
and palettes of form and emotion
a short life as masterpiece
jimmy tee Mar 2013
An email never sent

The Austrians practically invited the Germans to take over. Not a shot was fired, it was a political union. Changing names back and forth [salsbury steak instead of hamburgers] in this country is a childish spite that proves nothing, but still works; anybody have a french fry lately?
jimmy tee Oct 2013
write a love poem and do it in a hurry
mention summer afternoons
in the garden
make some comparisons between flowers
and the fresh air that surrounds them
to the light in your lovers eye
bring up time and its eternity
if amends need to be manufactured
then and only then declare weakness
consult Keats for a mythic touch
search your heart, share secrets, invent

the lack of negatives
do not necessarily equal a positive
jimmy tee Nov 2013
are they real
the glimmers caught at the edge of my eye ?

there is something going on underneath certainty
it is not a place
and transformation has nothing to do with it

at the moment, I am leaning toward
any immense computer simulation
as being the basis for this reality
but, of course, that is the product of my times

place me gently in this same spot, Vermont,
the great North Woods
five hundred years ago
that the world was carried on the back
of an immense turtle
and every hunt would be rewarded in the afterlife
filled with ancestors, devoid of mystery,
these things would also be evident

we are the sum of a gazillion thoughts and influences
we possess nothing


Thursday, November 14, 2013
jimmy tee Sep 2013
Ingredients for 6-8 people
• 4 egg whites
• 2 egg yolks
• 100 g (1/2 cup) of sugar or 5 tablespoons of fruit sugar (alter to your own preference)
• 500 g (2 1/2 cups) of mascarpone cheese
• 4 small coffee cups of espresso coffee
• marsala wine (or brandy or cognac)
• 400 g of savoiardi or lady fingers (sponge cake fingers)
• dark chocolate powder
Preparation
1. Make espresso coffee, sweeten, and add the marsala wine (or cognac) to it. Let it cool a bit.
2. Separate the egg yolks and the whites of two eggs in two bowls.
3. Beat sugar into the egg yolks.
4. Beat the mascarpone into the sweetened yolks.
5. Add two more egg whites to the other two and whisk until they form stiff peaks.
6. Fold gently egg whites into mascarpone mixture.
7. Quickly dip both sides of the ladyfingers in the espresso mixture.
8. Layer soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone in a large bowl or pan (start with fingers, finish with mascarpone).
9. Sprinkle dark chocolate powder on top.
10. Refrigerate for one hour.
jimmy tee Dec 2013
a certain snow fell last night
to freshen the scene
covering shadowed footprints

seven, five and seven more
count your syllables
and abrupt endings for sure

you got to be kidding me
miscalculations
they’re all I got to offer?

fold paper along its crease
contemplate the change
you’ve made in the worlds future

a small handful of fresh snow
an immense glacier
a connection to be grasped

fill my stein with a foamed head
always tastes good but
the next one will prove theory

please pass the salt to me please
the Tao finds balance
so send the pepper also
jimmy tee Oct 2013
there in the crawlspace
they found me
drugged and *****
they pulled and tugged
spoke their plans
to help deliver sobriety
change my outlook
toward the better
I resisted
any idea seemed as hopeless
as no plan at all
that was my comfort
my morning joe
how many times
must this be said
my days can be lived
by one way only
aimed at the end

Saturday, October 26, 2013
jimmy tee Dec 2013
2032

that thing strapped to my leg
is an artificial heart
my digital liver fits nicely
in what looks like a backpack
peristaltic action for digestion:
a mini quantum dot siphon
kidneys are actually implanted
nano graphene filters in the blood

I am a bionic man because I can afford it
but I am losing my brain
there is no replacement
despite computing prowess that worries the gods
there is no substitute for a soul
the Tao of this universe is irony only
and now the immortality of my body
horrifies my every thought
as the fluids pump
and the heart moves
but cannot beat
jimmy tee Jan 2014
the thank you card was lost in the mail
to describe any human effort toward legacy is absurd
this world is overcrowded and any attempt
at achieving remembrance is futile
no explanation is necessary
the response is cold silence
no one ever returns
what is solid is called existence
yet granite is ground to sand  
the surreal offers very little
believe if you will that faith is the fulcrum
that can lift the load of mystery
think what you like
our greatest words are trite
Caesar is dust yet the laurel lives on
ideas will not save us
no redemption is possible
while I appreciate you allowing me access to the room
all I carry is darkness
there is no explanation necessary
we have put all our trust in human emotion
and all is doom and the perception of doom
jimmy tee Feb 2013
my renaissance occurred
far from Florence
city of spires and orange skin domes
it hit me as an awakening
it shook my comfort with things
image is so very powerful
paintings
tiger skins
myth viewed through different eyes
having the time to examine art
and discover a large part of it all
I said it shook me
step through the doorway
to the hallway of change
via palate, brushstroke, desire
jimmy tee Apr 2014
Sorry, I changed my mind in between copy and paste
the poem needs more work
jimmy tee Dec 2013
I put down the book for three, maybe four days, tops
when I walked by the dog eared leafs
then I took myself by surprise
by questioning myself
don’t forget your literary life
so very personal
so very important
William Blake
swirling tigers and wide eyed beasts
and the spacious view of matters
I force myself to read the Great Masters
return rewarded
jimmy tee Jan 2014
I used to hang out with a bunch of food radicals
this was back in ’78 or so
popcorn with brewers yeast, loads of pepos
dried apricots that looked like vaginas
blocks of cheese, raw nuts, 80 grit corn meal
I belonged to  food coop and read diet for a small planet
it was a constant indoctrination
as soon as you thought you had this nutrition thing
settled
bam
some new roughage was required
it must have worked
I thought
as I added tofu to a wok filled with seven count ‘em seven
steaming vegetables
this very night
overall I do eat healthy and I always have
now get off my back and make me a double bacon cheeseburger
jimmy tee Oct 2013
sophists got empire
under
an eternal shower
of frost ice
the tired centaurs
continue to opinion
and fear their instruct

useless, ineffective  

is near over




jimmy tee
Monday, October 21, 2013
jimmy tee Oct 2013
most folks notice when they’re on a roll
when the file and rank line up squarely
an easy downhill enchants the soul
with whispers that cover logic barely
to present a view of an easy street
while the dark fog curls at your feet
hiding the footed ground of years
while an empty counterbalance cheers


Saturday, October 26, 2013
jimmy tee Dec 2013
Darwin at Work
where you send
the boys with the best eyesight
out to be
killed
in wars
jimmy tee Oct 2013
lets contemplate great deeds for a moment
the tower of ideas, empty without action
acclaimed thought, twisted word frames
leadership, in free fall without disciples
stone monuments, covered with rain
social contracts, swallowed by flaws
the birth of the new, the turning of the world

Saturday, October 26, 2013
jimmy tee Apr 2013
the air feels damp

echoes of thunder claps

bounce from the wooded hills

and roll through the vale

sockets of blue pierce

through the disrupted

ceiling of cloud

the jackdaw voices

his displeasure

at the summer we’ve been given

but they find annoyance

in most everything
jimmy tee Mar 2014
i sat down to write a poem on how the Tao messed up my view
i was to mention that if Yin shot Yang, there was little we could do
and prove that unseen balance could fall on a turn of a *****
for all i saw was cocked and tilted with injustice shot clear through
how, despite my darkness, the nights breath starry hue
and days of rain outnumber the skies of summer blue
while the desert sand replaces the books of Timbuktu
i said, ‘the Tao removes our human passion, and vainly substitutes
a zero sum philosophy, our lives an I.O.U.’
but the words came doubly hard as the forced rhymes flew
i could feel a vague resistance that pulled my thoughts askew  
the tug of the Tao was strong and clear throughout this weak review
jimmy tee Dec 2013
after a ten year wait
in the longest winter ever recorded
Christmas finally arrived
amidst changing styles
and varying outlooks
the dusty gifts and slightly worn bows
stood ready for their fate
they would pass through
the Aristotelian concept
of potential versus actuality
from expectation to reality
then the day would travel most like any other
jimmy tee Mar 2013
proved as illusion since it does not last
and the years sail by ‘cause we talk too fast
from a spot of blood that grows to select
which peaks to move through sheer intellect
greatness as measure, sadness as tome
the soul appears to leave this earthy home
but I see not death, my being has timeless sway
it’s this crummy reality that crashes away
jimmy tee Nov 2013
creature comforts
pillowed soul
accomplishments
that hide the goal
set in motion
conniving mind
in merriment
that none will find


Monday, November 4, 2013
jimmy tee Sep 2013
I will write
I will write poorly
I will write well
my words may bring outside understanding
or be felt by myself only
they may be hidden in nonsense
or accepted as canon
while the background noise of the day
may interfere
I will write
jimmy tee Feb 2014
by the universe crooked
we contribute to what we disown
there is a silent discourse
that props imaginary
a list of ideals full of missteps
high thoughts, base intentions
the draw of the common
the acceptance
of anything popular
but pay a visit to the sum
of our invented truths
no comfort remains
jimmy tee Feb 2014
now it dawns on me
a sense of immense meaning
I left my job to write poetry

The Job:
[ they were a bunch of creeps
and they set new standards
in frightening non logic
on a regular basis
it was like their goal
was to surpass themselves
IT HAD TO BE PLANNED
WITH REGULAR MEETINGS
UNDER THE MOON
SACRIFICING GOATS
ON AN ALTAR]
I had enough

about a year before the axe fell
I stopped performing
most of my duties
in late, out early
that was my motto
I received compliments
on my summer tan
from many hours spent
on the golf course
since ***** looks were free
I accepted them with a smile

living off savings
and whatever public dole is available
the sixty eight year old me
may curse his sixty year old version
too bad
fate got me this far
fate will propel
two
jimmy tee Apr 2014
two
as palpable as emotion seems
outside my window, the darkness dreams
wondering who dare emit
words
then words again re-writ
found confidence, inspired soul
command, option, shift, control
jimmy tee Mar 2013
‘…. and now, here’s Rick with the latest Market news…’

‘Val, trading was very brisk today, with a number of influences
that set the market off to some defined trends and statements.
Of course, the Human Virtue Exchange always seems to rely
on the volatility that resides ‘between the ears’ as noted
by the veteran brokers on the floor, but the sharp ranges
of prices offered versus profit taking has set the bar
very high in the relative value of Basic Human Virtue.

Now to the numbers: Courage [WHOME], Patience [PP],
and former market darling Perseverance [GULP],
all varied widely today on news from Washington that
their value was doomed to fall in the light of the expected growth
of Persistence [IAM] which history has shown to be a marked drag
on just about everything. Outside of the self –efficacy bazaar,
old standbys  Ambition [HVY], Curiosity [WDF], Industry [HAHA] and Temperance [BFD],
continued their free fall into uncharted areas of cost and return.
Some analysts feel these virtues could be a real bargain in the future
despite their history of poor performance. Could a comeback not seen
since collapse of the Protestant Hypocrisy Era  be in the works? We’ll see as the lack of movement in the Kindness-Generosity-Forgiveness-Compassion Index [FARAWAY]  
leads many to believe that the end of Politeness [UPYRS],
Un-pretentiousness [ME-ME], Self Control [NWAY] and Sportsmanship [LONGONE], may lead to a complete miss-understanding between casual market players and devotees to the cause. The ratios cannot lie.
But without a doubt, today’s big winner was  Self Respect [YUP]
which jumped and amazing 40 points before active trading ceased at the bell. So people feel real good about themselves for reasons
that cannot be explained by the Ego File Indicator alone; this causes this reporter to predict that Naval Gazing [MOM] remains a ‘Hot to Trot’ stock fund
and the Vanity market is always a good bet.
Now, here’s Carl with
today’s Human Emotion Exchange report……’
jimmy tee Feb 2014
I am sitting with some of my possessions
by the steps and stone shadowed lions
outside the New York Public Library
there is a fellow there selling his poetry
in bound books
he has a table small with a sign:

Meet the Author

he is warm and personable
offering his hand with a wink and a smile
to strangers of the great city
and sharing lines of his verse with zeal
he appears to be a perfect match
of my dear departed friend
Jack Nuthall
mannerisms
enthusiasms
and I wonder
now that I reside in this poem
how many Jacks are still in this world roaming ?
I mean the exact person
how many of myself are brooding in the shadows  
believing that we live individual lives
when we exist beyond count
jimmy tee May 2013
try to add a little sanity
but it sure is a lonely job
in a world where all is vanity
and emotion rises and bobs
thought is a solid thing
this world is way too sizeable
a speck of eternity’s wing
an’ nothing  be recognizable
jimmy tee May 2013
try to add a little sanity
but it sure is a lonely job
in a world where all is vanity
and emotion rises and bobs
thought is a solid thing
this world is way too sizeable
a speck of eternity’s wing
an’ nothing  be recognizable
jimmy tee Mar 2013
avoid all direct references to self
too easy
choose simple phrases
that require no other explanation
but are ready for digestion
we all preach from a throne
but not everything is heavy
Miller said that every sentiment
is but an ‘amen’
to the thoughts that came before us
and those to come
jimmy tee Oct 2013
the wind swirls in tight circles
sunshine actually flows
clouds may appear to move
but in actuality they are constantly
disappearing and reappearing
over their entire width and breadth
raindrops fall as spheres
seasons change at their own pace
air pressure is remarkably consistent
snow is frozen vapor
it skips over the liquid phase
if you could hop in your car
and drive 60 mph straight up
you would reach the extent of atmosphere
where weather occurs
so, a calm, sun filled early morning in October
is even more of a miracle than some would suggest



Friday, October 11, 2013
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