"We Real Cool"

"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks is about rebels and how rebelling can lead to death. "We real cool. We/ Left school"(lines 1-2). today many kids think skipping school, drinking, and getting into trouble makes them cool. "Lurk late"(3). kids sneek out at night just to hang out with friends, drink and get into trouble and again they think these things make them cool. But what most kids don't think of or realize is that these behaviors could lead them to their deaths "We/ Die soon"(7-8). This poem was written in 1959 and is still relevant today. Kids think that rebellious behaviors are cool and that others will like them more but in reality these behaviors kill many kids every day.