"We Real Cool"

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.

-Gwendolyn Brooks

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"Picnic, Lightning"

"My very photgenic mother died in a
freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I
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"This is just to say-"

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

-William Carlos Williams

"My Cup"

They tell me I am going to die.
Why don't I seem to care?
My cup is full. Let it spill.

-Robert Friend

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