There was a skeletal continuity to the greasepaint proceedingsin the battered copy of a copy Jobyna Theater on dropout Vaudeville Avenue, the feral homeland of late-blooming flower childrenand the stillbirth of muted trains.Shadows toned with silver salts capered asplucky shopgirl Clara Bow darkened her lipswith the memory of her mother’s madness,a thousand butcher knives forever… Continue reading Intertitles
Author: Megan Denese Mealor
Megan Denese Mealor echoes and erases in her native land of Jacksonville, Florida. Nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize, her writing has been featured in literary journals worldwide, most recently Across the Margin, Brazos River Review, and The Disappointed Housewife. Megan has authored three poetry collections: "Bipolar Lexicon" (Unsolicited Press); "Blatherskite" (Clare Songbirds); and "A Mourning Dove's Wishbone" (in the works). Her first chapbook, "A Cat May Look Like a King", will be available from Dancing Girl Press in Summer 2026.
Observance
The black velvet petunias eat away at your antipathy–
sunless conduit flowers for unlit obituary candles,
Drunk Tank Pink garnish of a burial shroud,