Jim Kay, February 2012

June in September

In September, we men sense the onset of winter.
There’s a chill in the air.
Is this, we ask, the end of summer?
There’s a chill in our bones.
Is this woman to be the last one we know?
There’s a chill in our hearts.
We see summer all around us and some reach out.
There’s a chill in our fingers.
September sees only June and desires but June sees only September and desires not.
There’s a chill in our image.
Winter will not be stopped and spring will not come again.
There’s a chill in our folly.
Seek you September men your summer daughter; if you are fortunate enough to have one.
There’s a chill in her absence.
There’s life-long warmth in her presence.

Brief BIO of Jim Kay

Born May 17, 1941 in Detroit, MI, grew up mainly in the slums of Beverly Hills, CA—as slummy as Beverly Hills got, anyway. Did nothing very interesting until I decided my career would be computer programming and/or making computers work in whichever way necessary. Having a talent for that can usually allow one a lot of freedom to push the limits at work though I did get fired a couple of times. Big computers being an international product, I managed to spend six years in Europe living in three countries. After retirement, I did even more ”as I pleased” and unexpectedly visited Taiwan. It was love at first, sight and now I’m here to stay. I spend a lot of time studying Chinese and writing software to help me. I also write software just because I feel like it. On the side, I help people with English and still make computers work. I carefully avoid anything involving being paid; I never liked work.

Website: http://www.jimkay.tw
Blog 1: http://placeandtime.jimkay.tw
Blog 2: http://tumblr.jimkay.tw
Photo courtesy of Terrance Shih