By Angela Joynes

Alligators Assassins zig and zag duck and weave Black Bears Muggers go big and go loud School Shooters Grizzlies play silent play dead Riptides Avalanches float ski paddle swim horizontal Mammograms Teenagers hold tight inhale Flash Flood in Texas with all your might climb, little girls, climb.

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Angela Joynes (she/her) is a disabled Canadian writer now living in Tennessee. She holds a BA, MD, and a Certificate in Creative Writing (MTSU). Words in The Ilanot Review, West Trestle Review, Fictive Dream, National Flash Fiction Day Anthologies, and Susurrus Literary Journal among others.