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“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks

April 26, 2011 No Comments

Gwendolyn Brooks is from Topeka, Kansas. As a fellow Kansan, I love that.

We Real Cool
by 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.

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