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?
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?
Yes, I like this one ... Langston Hughes, very cool
Love his poems, still trying to get through "The Best of Simple". That book killed my love of reading. Doris Lessing was worse. We make our kids read this stuff?
No wonder they don't read for fun, there's no escape. SSDD.
muppetkiller: Love his poems, still trying to get through "The Best of Simple". That book killed my love of reading. Doris Lessing was worse. We make our kids read this stuff?
No wonder they don't read for fun, there's no escape. SSDD.
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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?