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)

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

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