Patsy Starke
Resistance Poetry
Published in
1 min readOct 11, 2017

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Vietnam: A Nation Still Mourns

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To die for a perceived truth
was to preserve a politicians lie,
“Truth, Justice and the American way,”
58,193 brave souls sacrificed their truth,
now preserved, enshrined and honored,
on a great wall,
in the district of liars…

A Nation Still Mourns

Patsy, 2017

Thank you Tamyka Bell

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Patsy Starke
Resistance Poetry

Registered Nurse, Transgender Woman In a lifelong transition, Parent, Grandparent, Normal every day run of the mill person, realizing my place here.