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Cumbia Chula
Cumbia Chula
By Abigail Flores
Chula is cool.
She likes to put her Cumbia music on
and she has a lot of make up.
There is a lot of make up in her room
And sometimes she puts it on and sometimes
She looks funny like a clown.
I think she thinks her face is a coloring book
And she always has her Cumbias on blast
And the speakers holler “Boom, boom.”
And then she starts dancing with me
We look like two dancing frogs.
When I’m around her I feel happy because
She’s always smiling I’ve never seen her
Sad or crying.
Chula is like a beautiful angel dancing
like a ballerina.