My flash/poem/story, now up at The Nervous Breakdown
‘Among The Breeders’
My new flash ‘Among The Breeders’, is now up at Ellipsis Zine.
As ever, thanks for taking the time to read my stuff. Hope you enjoy.
‘Argonauts’
For the Moon landing and my friend J’s 50th.
My school friend Jason H was born
The day of the American moon landing.
Neither event was a hoax
Though I met some who’d wish different.
Apollo of his mother’s eye
When not transforming her into an Edgware werewolf howling
“Jay-son!!!”
A Cancer baby
She a cancer loss
But later, later that.
For now, back then,
Jason, Neil and Buzz new worlding.
Proud pictures taken.
Tranquility.
Screaming.
Black skies.
A boy who looked like Lenin
Though maybe that came later, too.
Armstrong and Aldrin skipped
My first Springsteen gig
Day in court
Grass-blown nights
But they did their bit.
Someone writing about my writing
The clearly beautifully-souled and shining-minded Adam Lock has written about my flash ‘A Plan’ http://splonk.ie/index.php/2019/05/01/a-plan-nick-black/ , using far more words than I did in my flash, ‘A Plan’. https://www.adamlock.net/adam-locks-blog/favourite-shorts-16-a-plan-by-nick-black-on-splonk …
