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Highways to the Hills

BY MICHAEL ROBINS

 

To abide the timetable
of rails, of wood ties

 

Believed hard for birds
no longer in the field
nor nestling the tree

 

Believe hard in a gun

Do you take her, I do…

 

I froze above the river
once & winter lapsed

Michael Robins is the author of three poetry collections including Ladies & Gentlemen (Saturnalia Books, 2011) and In Memory of Brilliance & Value (Saturnalia Books, 2015). He lives and teaches in Chicago.