BROTHER

FROM SNAKE RIVER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, MINIMUM

The NEAR and FAR cards were printed by Cumbersome Multiples Press on a 1928 Chandler & Price letterpress using antique wooden type. PonyXpress writers wrote a response to the word on the cover. The cards were passed to the next writers and they used the prompt to write on the back.

I wrote a letter to my brother in black ink.
I wrote the words that were in my heart. The words
of forgiveness for the things that he’d done.

How you were there for me.
How you also weren’t there for me.
My heart hurts, the pain inside.
When you wish death upon me.
When I committed my crime.
You showed me your pain
from the words you said.
The finger you pointed,
the communication that is
you never respond.
You fought me what I know
Good and Bad
So much inside.
I forgive you so
I Love you big brother
I always have
I’ll never give up on you
Until we meet again. | ANONYMOUS