August 17, 2012

Harlem by Langston Hughes

Harlem
by Langston Hughes 


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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