A Good Little Girls Zine

Swollen and throbbing

Calloused and powerful

Pretty and girly

A kid’s sized length 

Day by day

Night by night

The two of you

Firmly rooted under me

A Graceful force–

A movement full

Teaching me that size doesn’t matter at all

that pain, sorrow, delight and all

 it’s all just temporary, fleeting is all

Grateful for all the lessons; I lean 

Lean into two 

The power of two

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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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