Wednesday, January 30, 2008

a hit of culture

A Dream Deferred
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?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

made me think of one of my favorite quotes - "Marla...the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can't."