Langston Hughes - A Dream Deferred
Langston Hughes - A Dream Deferred - Read by Khandi Alexander
A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
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?
A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
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?
29-12-2010
