Year one: get swept away.
Year two: design, shop, decorate.
Year three? charge up credit card…
fix, fix, fix,
pay, pay, pay.
And–
finalize decor, maybe.
Year one: get swept away.
Year two: design, shop, decorate.
Year three? charge up credit card…
fix, fix, fix,
pay, pay, pay.
And–
finalize decor, maybe.
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.




Five years ago, I ate the best turkey of my life. We had moved to Boston for N’s residency. I was adjusting to the new–job,
The absence of you is a dull achealways there, I take every OTC med I can get my hands on, but nothing works.because when it
the bouquet of tiny, firm tendrils massage my jaw melting the makeup down the drain I stand holding my breath feeling the gentle pressure on
I long for them To frolic freely without a worry To come home at night without school work I long for them to play in