What happens to a dream deferred? (an aspiration never accomplished)
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun? (Fall in to depression)
Or fester like a sore—(Depression)
And then run?(Infectious?)
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?(Sticky, once nice...)
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.(More depression)
Or does it explode?(Lash out at others)
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun? (Fall in to depression)
Or fester like a sore—(Depression)
And then run?(Infectious?)
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?(Sticky, once nice...)
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.(More depression)
Or does it explode?(Lash out at others)
–Langston Hughes
There are many instances of the family lashing out at itself, exploding. When Lena and Walter harass Beneatha. When Walter falls in to a depression, it is like he is crusting over or festering.
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