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Writer's pictureWren Spardello

The Difference Between Us and We Something That Could Never be Real but Would be Very Cool

Before there was a ‘we,’

There was fantasy wondering if it was real

Heat dreaming it could cool


Before there was a ‘we,’

Right wanted to go left

Learning ditched schools


Before there was a ‘we,’

The obvious was the most dangerous thing to lurk

Never being spotted until it was too late


Before there was a we,

Every kind act was a strike

The only path was narrow and straight


Before there was a we,

The silence liked to sing

Every virtue is a sin


Before there was a we,

Bones were trying to become thin

Water turned into gin


Once there was a we,

My soul was replaced by Jazz

And every month melded into June


Now that there’s a we,

Regardless of when I die

It will be too soon


After Gwendolyn Brooks.

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