Dream Deferred

Langston HughesLangston Hughes

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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?
Langston Hughes
About the poet

Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was a young child, and his father moved to Mexico. He was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen, when he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, to live wi…

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