A Dream Realized?
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
With all respect to Mr. Hughes, now we get to find out what happens when a long deferred dream is realized.