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Collected Item: “Emptiness & Unknown By Alexandria Bucy”

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Emptiness & Unknown By Alexandria Bucy

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

Poem, and I created it myself

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.

I created this powem after a video I took during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The Las Vegas Strip was desolate of travelers from all over the country. This was something our city hasn't seen in years- possibly since September 11, 2001? Even then, I am not sure it was as silent as it was that night. I based a couple of the lines on the soft breeze in the background of the video I shot.

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#COVID,#PSC101,#LasVegas,#VegasStrong,#LVStrip,#silence

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https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&ik=1222471427&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1681059227816775390&th=1754527608694ede&view=att&disp=safe

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

Alexandria Bucy

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2020-03-26
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