Langston Hughes

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Harlem [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?