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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.

About the Author

Bill Zavatsky teaches English at the Trinity School in Manhattan, though he finds himself spending more and more time in Brooklyn. His next collection of poetry will be published in 2006 by Hanging Loose Press.