Why should it be my loneliness, Why should it be…

Why should it be my loneliness,
Why should it be my song,
Why should it be my dream
deferred
overlong?

Sourced, Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)

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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
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