A Good Little Girls Zine

Eagle Lake

  
Crunch crunch
chomp chomp
Buzz buzz
Eagle Lake
One two
Three four
Five Six
Eagle Lake
Climb climb
Trip catch
Buzz buzz
EAGLE
LAKE!
Climb Climb
Climb
Climb
Five Six
Eagle Lake
Catch Swerve
Rest breathe
Climb tread
Seven Eight
Cross smile
Nod smile
Breath slide
Tread Lake
Crunch crunch
Chomp chomp
Buzz buzz
There.
Stand see
Squat see
See see
See see
Eagle eagle
Lake lake!

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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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