“Lenox Avenue Mural” (1930’s)
By Langston Hughs
What happens to a dream deffered?
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?