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dragonyphoenix ([personal profile] dragonyphoenix) wrote2016-04-03 10:21 am
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We Real Cool

We Real Cool

Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917 - 2000 


                   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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[identity profile] snogged.livejournal.com 2016-04-03 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Neat.

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2016-04-03 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a long time favorite of mine!


Gabrielle

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2016-04-03 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah, I completely adore this one.
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