A Good Little Girls Zine

I stand atop a giant waterfall,
in my sharpest bikini, hair pulled back,
stretched, ready.

You? the gorilla glue
under my feet,
keep me in place,
firm and unyielding.

So I bend my knees, wiggle my toes,
fruitless attempts you say,
it doesn’t change my drive
to leave you:
a parasite whose stringy fingers travel my core,
eating away every ounce of light.

 

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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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