TIME PASSED

BY MARCUS STANDING CROW

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’ve felt the time pass,
as well as the pain,
It also passed me strength in the game.
I wake up in the same frame,
different metal, different soul,
Am I the same?
Maybe, maybe not.
It’s all time, and thought,
only God knows my heart,
gave me the spark.
I’m litty, like a rave,
ready for the grave,
but I’d rather stay,

feeling the vibration of time
moving away.

One day with God
is as a thousand years.
So how is it only 24 hours in a day,
Calendars fall,
I’ve picked up each day.

I’ve felt time pass,
as well as the pain,
that same time,
passed me strength to maintain. | MSC