Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Dream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
Like a syrup Sweet

Maybe it just sags
Like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes (1902-1976)

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