Joseph Citta

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“Vincent” by Joseph Citta

Submitted to Contest #242

Vincentby Joseph CittaMy brother died a month ago. The word devastation does not even hint at the way I felt - and still do. It’s like a claustrophobic cloud has surrounded me, preventing me from taking full breaths. A mind altering headache has been raging since his funeral. My head feels like it’s in a vise getting tighter and tighter. Crushed. Before this, God was never something or someone I had ever trusted in, but now I needed him. My brother was younger than me. He had grown to be my guru - ever since he came into this world when I wa...

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I’m recently retired and on my 4th or 5th career. Chronologically they are - 1) eight years on the road with a rock group; 2) Ten years performing and teaching with the American Mime Theatre; 3) Twenty years a professor at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Film and TV department; and 4) The woodworking arts - and hopefully soon a writer!