TEARS OF JOY

BY MICHAEL STEPINA

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.

The wetness of it.
Where it come from?
I thought she had forgotten me.
Blurred from its formation.
I hadn’t noticed she was present.
Not until it streaked my cheek.
A tear.
Not of sadness.
The tiny burn in my eye is from my lady.
Lady Joy.
I’ll always love Lady Joy.
But, I haven’t known her for a while.
We are not as close or in love as we once were.
But every once in a while, she shows up.
To remind me just how much I appreciate and miss her. | MS