Wednesday, April 22, 2009

A Dream Deferred: Our Own Version

What happens to a dream deferred? (A)

Does it cease (B)
like a fire without air? (C)
Or does it burn like an itch – (D)
you can no longer bear? (C)
Does it tear at the heart? (E)
Or inject toxins in the veins – (F)
like a poison dart? (E)

Maybe it sits crying (G)
like a child in pain. (H)

Or does it go insane? (H)

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