a̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶

discs singing we

copped multiple

robbers cropped

//

it’s fungible

riptides wung

//

to sand

what storm

we bring

it thing it

//

englishes us

gushing

out in grace it

ate us did

deflate

a resurrection

if what

ingratiates

sustains

—

from c̶y̶c̶l̶e̶ ̶h̶u̶m̶–published by Sistrum Books

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Zach Peckham is the author of As If And (New Mundo, 2026) and cycle hum (Sistrum Books, 2025). Other writing recently appears in Empty Set, ( peel lit ), Chicago Review, and NOIR SAUNA. He runs the small press Community Mausoleum and the journal Coma.