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Collected Item: “Like a Gladiator”

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Like a Gladiator

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Poetic prose

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

My poetic prose captures the human spirit. Human conditioning is fickle but one thing that no one can take away from us is the indomitable courage we are able to show in the face of adversity. This is important to be because I am very appealed to the resilience, valiance and kindness that people around the world.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

resilience, spirit, humanity, courage, wisdom, perseverance, strength

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

I wrote it during isolation.

Give this story a date.

2020-04-30
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