Langston Hughes
Harlem ( A Dream Deferred )
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does is 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?
