Dream Deferred

[Lorenzo]

a favorite,



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?

[leoello]

that is such a classic, great piece to coincide with MLK commemoration.

[Lorenzo]

very perceptive, Leo.