We Not So Cool

After Gwendolyn Brooks

I pay my dues. I

Shine my shoes. I

Do the dishes when it’s

Time

I pay the landlady what

I deem fair

Any more would be

A sacrilege

I write these tunes. I

Try to use the

Best line breaks

I can

But all I know is

Once we show it

To someone new, they’ll

Boo