There was a decision

not to look over

the frozen water

beyond the wall—

the body

already

given over—

nothing reached

Then

one bird pushed open

into migrant snow

and the black throats of hills

took slumber

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Andrea Baker was the recipient of the 2004 Slope Editions Book Prize for her first book, like wind loves a window. She is also the author of the chapbooks gilda (Poetry Society of America, 2004) and gather (moneyshoteditions, 2006). She maintains a blog at andreabaker.blogspot.com.

Other works on Sidebrow: River