We Real Cool

I really enjoyed the poem "we real cool" mainly because these are my favorite types of poems. I like the short ones that quickly get the point across instead of a long story. In this poem I believe it is about kids in high school dropping out and being rebelious and thinking they are cool for it. (We real cool. We left school. Line 1) I also believe it is stating that they walk around late at night and and drink. And that they won't have much of a life and would have their life ended early because of it. (We die soon. Last line) I feel this poem had a very maternal feeling to it and I think the author Gwendolyn brooks had a soft spot for people like this.