We

            Real

                        Cool

                                                --by Gwendolyn Brooks

We real cool.

                                                                                            We

Left school.

                                                                              We

Lurk late.

                                                                                            We

Strike straight.

                                                                                                        We

Sing sin.

                                                                                            We

Thin gin.

                                                                              We

Jazz June.

                                                                                            We

Die soon.