Letter From Joe Serafino to Dominic Amoruso

Macallum Tepsich

September 23rd, 2001
Dominic Amoruso
Country Road 7
Northwest Territories
Canada

Dear Dom,
After listening to all of the tapes you sent me and reading all the notes, I am truly concerned for your well-being. I hope all is well wherever you are in northern Canada. I am thinking about you and the experiences we had while you were in Toronto.
Along with everyone else, I was surprised to see you vanish to the northern part of Canada. What was the reason behind you moving to the Northwest Territories? I wish you had told me, I felt as though we were good friends and I would have appreciated you saying that you were going so I could have had the opportunity to say good luck in your decision and a final good-bye.
I have been so tremendously worried about you. At first when you had left, I assumed you had just had a mental break down or something along those lines. When you had not appeared back into society I became extremely concerned about you. I searched for months and lost sleep because of my anxiety and stress. The police were involved in the searching of you; I stayed with them in search of you. We looked through countless parks and tried analyzing anything you might have left behind in Toronto. Margie has been a great help in trying to find you. She has contributed to the research. She has helped me analyze the tapes that you sent. The thing I don’t understand is why you would tell everyone else but not me. I thought we were close friends and I would be one of the first people you would have called and told.
I received tapes and notes from Wolf Cove, theses tapes have shown me so much that I need to know. I could not come realize what was happening in the tapes. I had to read the notes and listen to the videos so many times in order to understand what was going on in your life. Even after reading and listening to the tapes and notes, I still could not wrap my head around some of the things you had told me. I now know the tough adventure you have gone through.
I now know the reason behind you not playing the piano. I am so glad that you have chosen to play again. I really enjoyed the composition you wrote. Singer also loved the composition. Singer plays the composition with such passion. Why did you move to the north if you despised Glen Gould’s view of northern Canada?
I would like to ask you one more question; do you feel guilty about the death of Malachai?

Sincerely,
Joe Serafino