—Public Domain Photo
HARLEM
—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?
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Today’s LittleNip(s):
Ultimately I’m about liberty and I think you have to defend it.
—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?
_____________________
Today’s LittleNip(s):
Ultimately I’m about liberty and I think you have to defend it.
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Wider perspectives are needed now.
—David Hockney
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