you want to 

 

engage my trauma

and play with it

use it in a story

make love to it

 

make it dinner

wrap it in theory

promise you’ll never mention it

take it to the party

 

go back in time

gratify it orally

build a center on it

print it three-d

 

acknowledge it 

in a painful speech

 

be recognized 

for your bravery

 

advocate for its funding

develop a miniseries

 

be denounced for it

shamed on the internet

referenced in a meme

with handclaps

 

revealed as a hoax

sent into to rehab

returning as a guru

on workshop weekends