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Good Daughters
by Lituo Huang Diana Simumpande We were good daughters. We: rice porridge with cinnamon, milkweed seeds, plastic tea sets, dappled pony with the bent ear, kissing Samantha at camp, bruising easily, singing “Over the Rainbow,” lying about our homework. We unwound our ears. We read Mother Goose. We helped tie the noose. We: stole lipstick from grocery stores, kissed Rachel at camp, braided our own hair, spun fire in the air, slept in church, ate fried chicken, scratched our leg
Mar 27, 20201 min read
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