GWENDOLYN BROOKS WINS PULITZER PRIZE
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Song For The Chicago Hipster
by Alison O’Connor
(After Gwendolyn Brooks’ We Real Cool)
The unheard of Indy Band
Practicing in Wicker Park
We real cool. We
Play fools. We
Sip PBR beer. We
Gentrify here. We
Sing obscure. We
Act immature. We
Appropriate. We
Serial-imitate. We
Wear tight jeans. We
Avoid mainstream. We
Invade communities. We
Live with impunity. We
Invite ourselves. We
Care for nothing else. We
Thicken our spectacles. We
Make quite a spectacle. We
Luxuriate. We
Devastate.