We Real Cool (1960)
Gwendolyn Brooks
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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.
Poem © Gwendolyn Brooks, from 'The Bean Eaters' (1960). Reprinted by consent of Brooks Permissions