Chirpy chirp chirp chirp
Oh sweet tunes of light blooming
Fuzzy melody!
Chirpy chirp chirp chirp
Oh sweet tunes of light blooming
Fuzzy melody!
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.




The crisp cool air catches my cheeks, like a mother holding the face of her child in her palms– I gaze back into her eyes:
My very pregnant former belly dance teacher is front and center in her red costume shimmying fiercely with a wide-ass grin on her face and
Walking through a field of sinking sand I push hard for clarity it doesn’t matter those words don’t matter I will not let them attach

Illustration by Deema Alawa General Tso’s Recipe: A Self Portait by Celeste Bloom Instructions: Let the knife carve along the ribs of the carcass etch