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What Happens To A Dream Deferred?


It no longer has meaning, It is put on hold; never accomplished. It's a weight put over head- it gets heavier and heavier. All hope is lost. It aeries up like a raisin in the sun; The juice evaporates- It festers- It hurts. Prohibited.
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