A Good Little Girls Zine

Thick burgundy liquid stains the floor

and it spreads like the tentacles of an octopus,

bitter-sweet memories reach in every direction

with my heart at the center;

it lies

Open–

Drumming against the cherry wood

Beat, beat, beating.

A new song

Bleeds out;

it pulses

Crisp

Breaths of Possibility.

Can you hear it knocking?

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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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