We real cool

We real cool. We
Left School. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

-Gwendolyn Brooks

Tags: Poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks

4 comments

1. Isaiah says:

   We kill life. We
   Fight strife. We

   Do good. We
   Cool dude. We

   Are happy. We
   Old chappy. We

   Filthy dogs. We
   Lazy logs.

   November 25th, 2005 at 01:27 am

2. K. says:

   you suck. you

   November 25th, 2005 at 03:11 am

3. Neha says:

   hahahaha im going to fall off my stool now!!!

   November 25th, 2005 at 07:21 pm

4. Isaiah says:

   That’s a classic case of comment being better than the post.

   November 25th, 2005 at 09:35 pm

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