Infant Mortality...
I don't remember, but when I opened my eyes to the wonders of earth, I must have seen in my mother a trace of fear. Lovable that I was, she must have hugged me before she wept. I don't remember, but anxiously from face to face I must have looked for the sight of my father as friends and family came to see me arrive. In the end I don't remember but before I slept, I must have thought the man who kissed my mom must be my father. And that night when the neighbours came, to tell my mom that I would die in my sleep, I don't remember but I must have tried to comfort her, told her I'd be okay, and asked her not to weep. |
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| - Ravi Kuchimanchi | |
| Below 5-year mortality rates: | India: 122 per 1000 per year. Sri Lanka: 19 USA: 10 Kenya 90 Ethiopia: 204 | << Dawn.. | Journey.. >> |
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