Zero-Regret Algorithm
Fieldnotes
and what of the sun
how it continues to sear
to throw to shape to shadow
and what of the sun
how it built each pixel
in each eye builds each
eye and the hands that meet
and what of the sun
how it cast these hands
and the seizure of sense
between hands that meet
to clasp a shared cache
a face without margin
and what of the sun
when the airplane meets
its shadow above sea
above whitecaps that curl
and flip and form and fit
moments before horizon
movement itself a terminal
arrows force arrows force
and what of the hands
and what of the hands
what of the hands
that meet to say
we are the way the church
holds its music we are
the brief soak of silence
when the powerlines
in a storm went down
the music stopped
and what of the sun
if the quiver-sharp
valley like a church
could hold its music
then would we still
unravel the fractal
wardens of will
then would we still
then would we still
then would we still
Simplex Algorithm
am
I
the
snake
am
I
the
meth
am
I
the
bone
neck
lace
am
I
the
save
curve
or
the
dread
curve
or
just
the
find
arg
min
arg
max
curve
am
I
the
line
that
creeps
to
break
to
bound
as
cain
made
seth
as
nod
was
found
I
lord
I
fall
I
find
I
climb
I
max
I
min
I
am
the
wren
that
metes
the
dawn
Zoë Hitzig is the author of Not Us Now (Changes, 2024), winner of the Changes Book Prize, and Mezzanine (Ecco, 2020). She currently serves as poetry editor of The Drift.
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