“జూలై నాలుగున పుట్టావు
అదే రోజు నిదురించావు
పుట్టుక మన చేతుల్లో లేదు వాళ్ళ చేతుల్లో ఉంది బిడ్డ
పుట్టడం చనిపోవడం వాళ్ళే నిర్ణయిస్తారు బిడ్డ
అంటరానివాళ్ళ జీవితాలు మేటర్ అని ఆ కుల రాజ్యములో
నల్లవాళ్ళ జీవితం మేటర్ అని ఈ రంగు రాజ్యములో ఎందుకంటారో నీవు చనిపోయినప్పుడే తెలిసింది బిడ్డ
You were born on July 4
You died on the same day
Birth is not in our hands,
Life is in their hands
They decide the birth and death of our lives.
In that caste kingdom,
Lives of the untouchables matter
In this colored kingdom
Black lives matter, my child”
- Authors: Dr.Suryaraju Mattimalla
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- Finished: August 22nd, 2023 03:00
- Limit: 6 stanzas
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- Comment from author about the poem: Date of Birth of My Baby Boy, Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla: Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Date of Death of My Baby Boy, Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla: Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Thank you, Dein-Sternenkind Stiftung @DSternenkind, for your beautiful gift of my baby’s photos. Tuesday, July 11, 2023, is the burial date of my son Stanford in Regensburg, Germany. Who is responsible for the death of my baby boy, Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla? Is caste, race, ethnicity, or untouchability in India, Ethiopia, the Czech Republic, and Germany responsible for the death of my baby boy on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at the Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef in Regensburg, Germany?
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