Dream Deferred (Harlem)<br>By Langston Hughes<br>What happens to a dream deferred?<br>Does it dry up<br>like a raisin in the sun?<br>Or fester like a sore--<br>And then run?<br>Does it stink like rotten meat?<br>Or crust and sugar over--<br>like a syrupy sweet?<br>Maybe it just sags<br>like a heavy load.<br>Or does it explode?
