{"id":2102,"date":"2021-11-01T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalpnasinghchitnis.com\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2023-03-14T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T09:25:49","slug":"sermon-a-poem-by-kalpna-singh-chitnis-nominated-for-the-2021-pushcart-prize-by-the-international-human-rights-art-festival-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalpnasinghchitnis.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/01\/sermon-a-poem-by-kalpna-singh-chitnis-nominated-for-the-2021-pushcart-prize-by-the-international-human-rights-art-festival-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon: A poem by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize by the International Human Rights Art Festival Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Many thanks to the the International Human Rights Art Festival <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If I die of an assault,
do not file a report.
It isn’t the first time.

Do not go to a court
seeking justice.
There is none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not allow politicians to enter
my village and town.
No media, no clowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No debauchery of whataboutery.
Do not bother hanging my perpetrators,
they will be born again in a multitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not imprison them,
they can’t be restrained.
I’ll be violated again, just in another place and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you hope to do anything for change,
write an epic or a tale in my name,
and teach it if you can, in every school on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are a woman, tell my story to your sons.
If you are a man, tell it to your daughters.
If you are a preacher, teach it as a sermon to the believers.



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Download the poem archived at IHRAF PUBLISHES, Page Number 75<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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