A Good Little Girls Zine

Guest Post:

This tower that towers
Over me. Us.
Black shadow like a sun dial that
tracks our steps from C street.
This grass that burns emerald,
this sky like a lake,
this feeling like leaving.

36491 bricks sealed together.
555 feet.
A decade of remember-when.
Kites on strings –
daredevils through the sky – and our
fingers stiff like ice.
The view from the summit,
the triangular point you can
Always see.

This is a last
that hits between the chilly
gust of yellow pollen wind.
Standing in the middle of it all –
white marble columns,
glinting metal chairs light with
centuries of bone.

This tower that towers
Over me. Us.

Picture of Sonia Chintha

Sonia Chintha

Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.

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