A Dream Deferred

in poetry •  6 years ago 

by Langston Hughes
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Great Man With Great Thoughts

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 syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

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