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Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
ANSWER: Langston Hughes' "Harlem - a Dream Deferred"

My article about that Hughes poem at Suite101 used to get a lot of hits; one fellow even wrote about my article on his blog.

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Spring nights and cool mornings
Draw back their curtains slowly