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A Good Little Girls Zine

By now,

the scab should have fallen off—

new skin revealed

—that is what they say, all of them

And I pick at every new scab that tries to form,

opening the wound back up each time it tries to disappear,

I want to feel the warm blood beneath.

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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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