New Orleans Love Song

Here's what I will miss about New Orleans:

The hissing of the electrical wires when it rains-

The rain that smells like gardenias & jasmine mating

The squirrels chasing each other outside my kitchen window

People costuming for no reason at all

People costuming for any reason at all

People costuming

Costuming as a verb, noun,advective

The smells of Monday beans cooking all around the block

The neighbors asking "how ya doing" as I walk by

Strangers asking "how ya doing" as I walk by

Folks who ask "how ya doing" not really needing an answer

Impossibly violent looking sunrises

Purple skies at night

The random trumpet blare on the block

The random drum riff on the block

The random trombone bleat on the block

The random meeting of trombone, trumpet & drums on the block

The random second line

Making a new best friend at the bus stop

The spontaneous party that is the streetcar stop

Beads in trees

Beads in the rain

Beads in the detritus after a fire

Beads