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A Dream Deferred

January 26, 2012
By ecb12 BRONZE, State College, Pennsylvania
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When I was five
I was a princess
A doctor
A butterfly

When I was ten
I was a pilot
A dancer
A baker

When I was fifteen
I was a pediatrician
A detective
A business executive

But when I was 17
I was Princeton
Dartmouth
And Boston University

What happens
To a dream
Deferred?

© Amy V., Delta Junction, AK

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