A Good Little Girls Zine

Today i had to dig

all day

dig, dig, dig

my shoulders, they screamed, yelped: please stop

my palms, they broke open: bleeding with blisters

my mind, she begged and yelled and manipulated and gambled: stop, slide the dirt back in, it’s so much easier to leave the earth unchanged

Today I dug and dug and dug, even when it was hard, even when I was certain I should stop and turn around, go back into my air-conditioned house

I dug

For building a new foundation is bleeding, sweating, painful, courageous work.

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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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