The Brooklyn Rail

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.