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[magentah]

We Real Cool
Gwendolyn Brooks

THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

Comments

[silkstarkiss]

i like this poem. it captures despair. or determinism. maybe both.

[dancingcookie]

ahh i've been saying the first line of that poem for months, but i didn't know who wrote it. so, thank you for posting this