leave providence leave through this downtown of brick & concrete up route 95 up 146 all the way up
route 16 douglas go west head west drive west. towards douglas webster then dudley
drive through uxbridge past homes of green lawns weed lawns dirt & rock & wooded lawns karate studios huge granite rocks overgrown cow fields of trees hundreds of years old green
drive past the jehovah's a truck repair a carmopedlawnmower mostly junk repair past small houses medium houses houses i'll never afford past swing sets a tricycle a little boy & his dog green
drive 404550 until you have to stop left at the bad intersection the one where you can never see then it's drive drive through downtown past doreen's the first girl who ever told me i was cute i was wearing that sweater my mother knit for me cable knit in cream wool four years old & a bowl hair cut i heard she got arrested for pot possession drive past the end of town past cumberland farms past where marky moved to the boy i used to play fischer price garage with
drive past the lawyer's past the nick knack shop the auto body shop take a right where 16 does over the hill past the dog adoption place past mr moores house the high school art teacher past the water slides & the little mill turn past the little lake & you'll see green. douglas forest in june of lime green leaves of elms
green on burnt umber softwood over sanguine hardwoods sap green evergreens terre verte pigments mixed with viridian hues under lilly white dogwood petals below permanent sap green pines over rembrant green brambles beside fallen trunks of avocado green moss near flowers of cadmium yellow pale yellow light hansa shining down s&s of naples yellow hue daisy's in basic acrylic yellow wild marigolds windsor yellow deep reflecting in more cadmium but mostly yellow medium mostly shown on iridescent stones & ledge of quarts & mica above prism violets wildflowers of cobalt & pink & more cadmium pale & bright look up it's leaves of green canopies of deep avocado apple & olive even sea foam green cadmium light mixed with ultra marine really bright greens beside cadmium reds of maples in shadow & apple green with chartreuse of yellow pouring through cracks of green below sky blue sky all held up with charcoal pencil tracings of trunks wa solid smudge of two lane tar cleaving through the middle of it all disappearing on a horizon of green above greengreengreengreen.
you'll see the occasional gun metal guard rail tooth pick utility pole but you won't notice the wires amid all the green so drive & when it's all behind you keep going until you see the next hint of green turn left onto progress avenue
& you'll see where I used to live
