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By: [[w:Gwendolyn Brooks|Gwendolyn Brooks]] (1963)
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We Real Cool
By: Gwendolyn Brooks (1963)

The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

          Lurk late. We 5
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
          Die soon. 10