The Quiet Part

Unorganized thoughts and rough drafts, all for free.

By Kay Poyer

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Dear Father,

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Fuck Everything Up

insatiable and lonely

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Blood & Black Bile

Heaven is the room you painted

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Epic of the Partygirl (Part I)

Night Creatures, Transexual Telepathy, and the Art of Carrying

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Chrysalis

Another letter to Mom -masochism and the pursuit of flow state.

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Response to a Suicide Note

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I'd Rather Be a Dog

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Fuck Everything Up

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24, With Tears

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Rebound

a dance, a fling, a hookup gone soft

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I'd Rather Be a Dog

I didn't edit this and I'm not going to.

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A Door Closed Against Blackness

All spirals lead to home

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Birds on a Wire

somewhere, sometime, somehow

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Response to a Suicide Note

From one cursed woman to another

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What a Good Man Does

The story of John, from humble beginnings

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A Tent Revival in Celina

clouds on the horizon

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24, With Tears

Thoughts and dancing before crying

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A Love Letter to Kay

grief, death, bitter old ladies, and crying in a Pizza Hut uniform.

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