"We Real Cool" Poem #7

This poem was an intersting little poem. It was short phrased, and did not pay any attention to grammar,but rather getting its point across through short little two to three worded lines. It talks about basically rebels that have taken their own path. I think that the speaker is not one of the actual rebels, but more of somebody trying to mock the ones who did this, or get the point across that it was not the way to go, or the "cool thing" to do. The speaker states "We real cool. We/Left School. We/Lurk Late. We/ Strike Straight. We/Sing sin. We/Thin gin. We/Jazz June. We/Die soon" (Lines 1-8). Though this was a very short worded poem, with only 8 lines, it has big meaning to it. The speaker is trying to get across that living this way is a dangerous life, leaving school, drinking, listening to profound music, and staying out late is surely going to lead to them dieing at a young age.