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Cooley High In Reverse

Cooley High In Reverse Sometimes I watch the 1970's movie Cooley High in reverse, The reason being that the ending is the worse, I figure if I view it backwards, the main character Cochise can rise up and be with his friends... Preach and Pooter and the boys could all have Fun cutting classes and joy riding and throwing caution to the wind, The guys could all go to sock hops, prom and graduate, They'd stand on the corner and sing and drink Cheap wine and never meet such a twisted fate, Their teacher, Mr. Mason wouldn't have wasted his breath or his time, Preach's girlfriend, Brenda wouldn't have fallen for a line - Of poetry and pure high school testosterone, And the two villains, Robert and Stone Could slide back into their holes and no one would know where they are, And the world wouldn't lose another ghetto super star, Cochise could get his basketball scholarship to college and go on to make Chicago proud, He'd be ranked up there with Michael Jordan, somewhere in the clouds, But I am dreamer... Yep, sometimes, I watch Cooley High in reverse because I'd rather see Cochise having fun than lying in a hearse.

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