a painted bear touches a cowering, or sleeping, line drawing of a woman lying on her side. The background is blood red streaked with black. Underneath the woman run reports of mass shootings and deaths, in text that is collaged and barely visible. The entire effect is extremely ominous.

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Dani Janae is a poet and writer based out of South Carolina. When she’s not writing love poems for unavailable women, she’s watching horror movies, buying fresh flowers, and eating figs. Follow Dani Janae on Twitter and on Instagram.

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