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Poem March 4, 2008

Posted by iamashadow in art, inspiration, life, literature, personal, poem, poetry, random, thoughts.
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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?

A poem I really like by Langston Hughes. What happens to the dreams of undocumented students…

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