poem responce

We real cool by Gwendolyn Brooks is to me a poem about life and how soon it ends and how you need to enjoy it before it does. I think that this poem is really great because it has a lot of meaning to it and i can relate to this poem because i want to live to the fullest because it will end soon and you really have to make that time count. It also has the message that things can start off fine and be okay but it can get way out of hand quickly and you don't want that to happen. when he talks about thinning gin I think that relates to the man Jon because after ''we thin gin'' it quickly went to ''we die soon'' and the gin stands for the drugs in Boston. My favorite line in the poem is ''we lurk late we strike straight'' and i like that line because it reminds me of a group of friends that have each other's backs.