"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?

--Langston Hughes

"Comment on War" by Langston Hughes

Let us kill off youth
For the sake of truth.
We who are old know what truth is -
Trush is a bundle of viscious lies
Tied together and sterilized -
A war-maker's bait for unwise youth
To kill each other
For the sake of
Truth.

---Langston Hughes

"Genius Child" by Langston Hughes

This is a song for the genius child
Sing it softly, for the song is wild
Sing it softly as you ever can-
Lest the song get out of hand.

Nobody loves a genius child.

Can you love an eagle
Tame or wild?
Can you love an eagle
Wild or tame?
Can you love a monster
of frightening name?

Nobody loves a genius child.

Kill him - and let his soul run wild!

--Langston Hughes

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