In response to Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool”
SHOOTERS SHOOT
PAST DARK
Damn death
comes too soon
so shoot
we jazz june
summer sun on a blue moon
we take our shot and jump to
leave a cold world with real cool
warm shoes
no cold feet
we hoop dreams
like 24’s
like 23’s
like float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
up here untied laces float like wings
up here we play beat
we slang speak like rap slings
words too smooth words two times
two
like don't try
just do
your sisters did not raise fools
we know the laws of gravity
we just choose to break the rules
so don't trip Momma
they you speak of don't make it
cuz they don't have
"air"
we the boyz who make it
cuz we don’t care
that no one cares