tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72106019243572811582024-03-05T21:08:48.988-05:00five lines seven daysCarrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.comBlogger612125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-81651649138392343712016-10-30T21:34:00.006-04:002016-10-30T21:34:50.123-04:00XXIVcold air<br />
seeps<br />
into your hollow body<br />
<br />
your double opens<br />
what should be eyes<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-13491798567268992282016-10-30T21:26:00.000-04:002016-10-30T21:26:23.958-04:00XXIIIyour body<br />
spewed and reformed<br />
<br />
blue wire<br />
skeleton<br />
danging above<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-65741200833872823942016-10-24T22:21:00.004-04:002016-10-30T21:21:51.293-04:00XXII<div>
unknown </div>
<div>
anatomy</div>
<div>
squirming </div>
<div>
through</div>
<div>
pinpricks</div>
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Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-79303307058982394212016-10-24T22:07:00.000-04:002016-10-30T21:21:41.981-04:00XXInerves slicing<br />
through your flesh<br />
like the raised hair<br />
of a wolf<br />
smelling death<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-37796205041010960842016-10-23T22:51:00.002-04:002016-10-23T22:51:19.983-04:00XXsinew peels<br />
from the bone<br />
<br />
spiraling through<br />
your sweat-soaked skin<br />
<br />
to emerge<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-18157941934458037732016-10-23T22:42:00.000-04:002016-10-23T22:42:03.001-04:00XIXand the lick<br />
of blue light<br />
slicing through<br />
your bones<br />
<br />
the width of sticks<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-50614407277834620652016-10-23T22:34:00.001-04:002016-10-23T22:34:16.897-04:00XVIIIyou stumble on a stone<div>
creekwater slick</div>
<div>
and pitch </div>
<div>
to the ground</div>
<div>
deep blanket of pine fur</div>
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Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-23368476515635180672016-10-20T21:57:00.003-04:002016-10-20T21:58:42.945-04:00XVIIyou crash through<br />
the jaws of pines<br />
<br />
careening<br />
<br />
darkstruck<br />
<br />
cold with dread<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-42933782843355003592016-10-20T21:50:00.002-04:002016-10-20T21:50:29.424-04:00XVIyour breath shatters<br />
like a dropped glass<br />
<br />
the lonely dance<br />
of a heartbeat or two<br />
<br />
and you start to run<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-29753924958497240522016-10-15T21:20:00.000-04:002016-10-18T21:27:36.473-04:00XVyour eyes<br />
reel and dilate<br />
<br />
shadows surge<br />
to fill the void<br />
<br />
you are now alone<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-87870751503481188192016-10-14T21:20:00.000-04:002016-10-18T21:20:51.424-04:00XIVstarlight breaks<br />
through the trees<br />
and illuminates<br />
<br />
snarling crushed-nose faces<br />
and glassy feral eyes<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-42849519899996456472016-10-13T20:43:00.002-04:002016-10-13T20:43:12.143-04:00XIIIa low chant roils<br />
ominous whirlwind<br />
<br />
crown of ice<br />
laid upon your<br />
shuttering skull<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-57832915175448516512016-10-12T20:59:00.002-04:002016-10-12T20:59:27.144-04:00XIIyou stand alone<br />
but you are not<br />
<br />
a ring of eyes<br />
glint and flicker<br />
from the low boughs<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-73475079362270980092016-10-11T20:49:00.000-04:002016-10-12T20:50:42.300-04:00XIyou jerk away,<br />
the grip loosens<br />
and floats upward<br />
<br />
nesting like a crow<br />
in a black pine<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-44354422289075236972016-10-10T20:49:00.000-04:002016-10-12T20:49:15.975-04:00Xbut the<br />
embrace of fingers<br />
around your<br />
cold wrist<br />
<br />
is no animal's paw<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-49094132904726718102016-10-09T22:23:00.000-04:002016-10-09T22:23:34.426-04:00IXno, a trick<br />
of the trembling ear<br />
to hear the steps<br />
of a corpse<br />
in an opossum's wander<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-82927339763043023022016-10-08T22:08:00.000-04:002016-10-09T22:20:07.365-04:00VIII...<br />
<br />
a thump<br />
some<br />
<br />
limb dragged<br />
through wet soil<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-59089221191167321172016-10-06T21:48:00.001-04:002016-10-07T22:04:46.060-04:00VIIskin of your cheek<br />
pulling taut<br />
<br />
ears hinged<br />
to seize on any<br />
sudden <br />
<br />
twigcrack<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-86638959907635373692016-10-06T21:48:00.000-04:002016-10-07T21:49:15.108-04:00VIyour eyes<br />
blackly dilate<br />
<br />
watching for the breath<br />
of shadow<br />
on shadow<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-27342114507191597072016-10-05T21:34:00.001-04:002016-10-05T21:34:14.623-04:00Vstep deeper in,<br />
shake off the fanged cold<br />
coiled in your gut<br />
<br />
cloth swish<br />
shroud music<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-80768333506770725012016-10-04T21:45:00.002-04:002016-10-04T21:45:09.296-04:00IVon the other side<div>
of this darkness</div>
<div>
someone waits</div>
<div>
to taste your breath</div>
<div>
between whispers</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-45405402785053167452016-10-03T21:50:00.001-04:002016-10-03T21:50:14.702-04:00IIIthe lights of town<div>
fuzz out behind</div>
<div>
the slim wall of fog</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
your home, vacant.</div>
<div>
porch light dying.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-68043621709629793842016-10-01T22:26:00.001-04:002016-10-02T23:04:56.772-04:00IIcrow caw twilight:<br />
the woods part<br />
and shadows leak out<br />
<br />
the scent of cold sticks,<br />
rain puddling in your steps<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-70998198953753320792016-10-01T22:26:00.000-04:002016-10-02T22:26:51.075-04:00Isummer's wing<br />
has folded under the<br />
cold nose of fall -<br />
<br />
this story uncurls<br />
a wet limb<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210601924357281158.post-3153760275454484072016-09-28T20:29:00.003-04:002016-09-28T20:29:45.133-04:009/28/2016<div>
worm or stone</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
will dig an<div>
eyeless path</div>
<div>
to the surface</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
cell seeking sun</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Carrie Greenlawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005177377497014238noreply@blogger.com0