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Nya is a teacher at a tough inner-city public school. Her son, Omari,
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START: NYA: Class, today we鈥檙e going to look at one of my favorite poems by Gwendolyn Brooks. 鈥淲e Real Cool. The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel.鈥�
OMARI: We real cool.
NYA: I want you to look at this poem in both versions that I鈥檓 sharing with you. Notice its layout.
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END: (Nya stops. Looks out into the class again. A small and audible gasp. A little admission of failure. Stillness.)
No, I鈥檓 fine, Shawna. Thank you, I鈥擨 think that鈥檚 enough of that for the day, so 鈥�
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I鈥檓 sorry. I鈥檝e got to step out for a sec but 鈥� you can work silently, okay? Work on your own response to this poem. I鈥檓 going to step out. Please, don鈥檛 get out of your seats. Darnell. Paul. I鈥檓 serious. Thank you.
Dominique Morisseau, Pipeline, NHB electronic edition, 2017, pp. 30-34.
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