What happens to a Suburban Lifestyle Dream deferred?
Does it dry up,
like a martini with no vermouth?
Or fester like a sore—
And then say something uncouth?
Does it stink like alewives in spring?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a Pinterest thing?
Maybe it just sags
like a student with a heavy AP course load at an overly funded public school.
Or does it retire to the city, where it’s cool?