{"id":1022,"date":"2005-02-06T22:59:05","date_gmt":"2005-02-06T22:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2005\/02\/06\/sigh\/"},"modified":"2005-02-06T22:59:05","modified_gmt":"2005-02-06T22:59:05","slug":"sigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2005\/02\/06\/sigh\/","title":{"rendered":"sigh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

What happens to a dream deferred?<\/i><\/p>\n

Does it dry up
\nlike a raisin in the sun?<\/p>\n

Or fester like a sore\u2013
\nand then run?<\/p>\n

Does it stink like rotten meat?
\nOr crust and sugar over\u2013
\nlike a syrupy sweet?<\/p>\n

Maybe it just sags
\nlike a heavy load<\/p>\n

Or does it just explode?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Langston Hughes<\/p>\n

Wait 'til next year.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore\u2013 and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over\u2013 like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load Or does it just explode? \u2014 Langston Hughes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nsigh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"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? 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