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[email protected] An Invisible Decade Elizabeth Nunez Linsey Abrams May 7, 2012 “Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts of the City College of the City University of New York.” An Invisible Decade Page 1 Can a beginning dictate an end? Perhaps the ending is always the beginning. I simply know that I lived a beginning, an ending and everything in between. DeLuna An Invisible Decade Page 2 .1 1990 “Look closely, what do you see?” she asked me that humid summer day in the Dominican Republic in her sanctuary. I ran out of there with images in my head that told me stories I was not supposed to know at the age of ten. That summer like every other summer, I traveled to the Dominican Republic and visited Grandma Bella. I sat quietly next to Grandma in the white and pink stripe rocking chair made of thick rubber. During a Barceló commercial she got up to check on the beans and oxtails, she was making for dinner. I followed her to the kitchen to keep her company.