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?
The poet Langston Hughes is an African American poet who was born on February 1st 1902 and died on May 22nd 1967. To view his Biography you can click "here".