James Kellner (Vocals, made beat) Joseph Koshakow (Vocals) Chris Siracusa (Vocals).
The two poems we used were We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks and Laughter, by Conrad Aiken
Title of the piece is “Youth”
You whom these eyes, no longer mine,
shall see in the mirror’s flash and shine,
meagre of face and pale of cheek,
Pale mouth, and lines that sadness speak:
All the grey shipwreck of this me
Who look upon you and laugh for glee,
Mocking at you, poor feeble thing
We real cool
We left school
We lurk late
We strike straight
We sing sin
we thin gin
we jazz june
we die soon
Scorning the young life that can tun,
Scorning the fierce life that can fight,
And drooling wisdom day by day,
Presuming you to point the way:
Here are my eyes upon you, now,
Colder than stars to see your brow,
A stronger grip that yours can stand.