walkin' n' thinkin'

walking eli around north knoxville,
dogs barking,
new old houses painted mint green, pink, yellow, purple and blue.
construction and beat up sidewalks,
spotted cloudy blue sky,
flocks of birds swim like schools of fish.

35 degree air pleasantly stings my nose,
crisp like a cucumber.
ryan adams hugging my ears,
smiling at cars driving by.

comfortably anxious,
sadly happy.

the only thing that would make knoxville better right now,
would make it unbearably wonderful:

the monastery 4 years ago,
a fire and chocolate.
sigur ros, david bazan, justin vernon.

ben, mark, jacob and ali,
james and abby, david,
andrea and barrett, hooper,
wes, paul, luke pettit,
alyson, huckleberry,
couches in the forest
and a machete in the grass.

i miss my friends.