{"id":3846,"date":"2023-07-17T00:41:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=3846"},"modified":"2023-11-26T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:13:39","slug":"cinema-paradiso","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/vol-4-winter-2023-2024\/cinema-paradiso\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema Paradiso"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Romulo Vite<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Starlit night on New Year\u2019s,<\/span><\/p>\n

with broken porcelain plates<\/span><\/p>\n

and subtle chimes of utensils<\/span><\/p>\n

scattered across the streets of Sicily.<\/span><\/p>\n

A man walks along the road,<\/span><\/p>\n

his head hanging low, as<\/span><\/p>\n

red and white fireworks illuminate<\/span><\/p>\n

a fresh start.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alfredo was right,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf he loves, he suffers,<\/span><\/p>\n

knowing it\u2019s a dead-end street,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

but she meant something more<\/span><\/p>\n

to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I spent more than 100 days and nights<\/span><\/p>\n

waiting for her window to open,<\/span><\/p>\n

just to end up like Salvatore.<\/span><\/p>\n

I walk alone among broken uselessness,<\/span><\/p>\n

my heart longs for her<\/span><\/p>\n

velvet red kiss<\/span><\/p>\n

one last time.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

Romulo Vite<\/strong> is a first generation Peruvian-American from Rahway, New Jersey. He is going to attend Mason Gross to major in Music, specifically Music education. He will be graduating around 2026 and will continue to write poetry and sing in the choir as much as he can for Rutgers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romulo wrote this poem in a creative writing poetry course taught by Joanna Fuhrman. Fuhrman selected the piece for inclusion in Writers House Review.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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