Read the poem and answer the following question 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?       Or crust and sugar over—       like a syrupy sweet?         Maybe it just sags       like a heavy load.         Or does it explode?

According to the poet, what is the fate of such deferred dreams?

It vanishes It ends It is forgotten It reaches a state of decay

It reaches a state of decay

A discarded dream does not simply vanish, rather, it undergoes an evolution, approaching a physical state of decay.