I can't hear the cars, but I can see them; the rush of tiny sun-reflections moving south, towards the suburbs.
I can't hear the footsteps, old men in hand with little boys-- each crunching the crunchiest leaf, and then the next crunchiest, and then the next--
The postman; the couch; the Sunday afternoon.
When I went to school in Chattanooga, I spent most of my time anxious. I wrote this trying to conjure some comfort and relaxation. I didn't work. Soon, I left that city to be near someone I loved.