Poetry
Creative Control
I’ve been negotiating
for creative control
of my life, but
I don’t think
they’re going to
give it to me.
Bill Zavatsky They Don’t Care
The trees and the flowers
don’t care
if I know their names.
Bill Zavatsky The Era of Good Feelings
I felt good about you. You felt good about me.
Bill Zavatsky “I would like to know…”
I would like to know
what you said
to all my friends
to turn them
against me.
Contributor
Bill ZavatskyBill Zavatsky's next collection of poetry will be published in 2006 by Hanging Loose Press.
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