Poem by Langston Hughes

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 syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

1. For Selma
2. You and Your Whole Race
3. Juke Box Love Song
4. Personal
5. Kids Who Die

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