These Poems Aren't About my trauma, i Promise

  Monster Hunter Readying myself for the hunt Armor freshly cleaned and fitted To kill a familiar enemy Hunter and Palico well fed Axe of Demons, upgraded and ready to go Loaded up on Potions and herbs Out the gates I go, headed for the Ancient Forest Searching for an old friend

  The Deprived Lesbian My queen, O how I yearn for you But still you elude me.  I ask myself why Why are you not here by my side? In my hand you would be so much better Not with kings and unsavory men crowded in a dark, smoky room For you, my dear, I have prepared a house, Full with love and life and womanhood I stay up late into the night preparing for you How lucky I am, to have this place where we can be together I sit at this table awaiting you, knowing you may never arrive Because without you, I will lose everything Look at me! Look at all I have done for you! I have cast aside diamonds for you, discarded them as if they meant nothing Because compared to you they are worthless My queen! O how I need you! I beg you please! Fuck I really need to stop playing online poker at 3am, huh

  The Home Improvement Project I have a wondrous toolbox, filled with all I need Abundant alliteration, artfully amplifying all I am Similes like hammers, hitting the nail on the head But metaphor a screwdriver, the proper tool for this job Sometimes I’ll use a line break  Tried writing a limerick, then I said “fuck it” And everyone else can go suck it “Try writing Haiku. Forms got me out of my slump. It could work for you” Said the 男 from Nantucket to get my point across And toss in a rhyme when I feel at a loss Looking through the box, onomatopoeia clangs and crashes As personification keeps playing hide and seek with me I struggle with this project, hyperbole makes it impossible I feel like I need meter, but I just can’t get it right Even extended metaphor can’t fix this broken home The tools can’t fix what’s broken Years of therapy and healing will But instead of fixing what’s already there Maybe these tools can build something new