We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.

Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get.

We don't ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves.

Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.

Exhaust the little moment / Soon it dies.