Just One Thing with Francis Walsh

Francis Walsh

Francis Walsh’s flash “Circulatory System” allows us to hold the beating heart of the relationship between the narrator and the narrator’s mother as she ages. Here they share just one thing about the piece:

“The first draft of this piece was 1,000 words long. Here’s a taste of what you missed:

 If I’m lucky, the jukebox will kick on and we can mumble-sing our way through ‘One Headlight.’ God bless Jakob Dylan, the patron saint of men who never escaped their fathers.

There were plenty of good reasons for cutting this joke—is it a joke?—but I’ve probably listened to ‘One Headlight’ more times than any other song by a Dylan, Bob or otherwise.”