Read the text to answer question


We real cool

(Gwendolyn Brooks.)

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.

(Available on: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28112/we-real-cool.)



“We real cool” was issued in 1960, but it reveals very contemporary aspects though, EXCEPT: