Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 10/07/22

As I give thanks

I illuminate,
like an angel, glowing
with pink neon-lit wings;

my chest sweats
from my last
Tequila Gold shot.

I fall into bed,
singing Bee Gees hits
as I smile widely.

When was my last
true moment
of happiness?

Don’t dwell on the negative,
Mom would say.
Since she’s not here now
(still alive in Texas),

I must carry on, y’all,
& remember the tough
hours anyway—& reflect
on this sudden, hour of bliss,

& give thanks for this.

Carrie Magness Radna is an audiovisual cataloger at the New York Public Library, a choral singer and a poet who loves to travel. Her poems have previously appeared in The Oracular Tree, Mediterranean Poetry, Muddy River Poetry Review, Poetry Super Highway, Shot Glass Journal, Vita Brevis, Home Planet News, Cajun Mutt Press, Walt’s Corner, Polarity eMagazine, The Poetic Bond (VIII-X), Alien Buddha Press, Jerry Jazz Musician, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Rye Whiskey Review, and First Literary Review-East. Her poetry collections: Hurricanes never apologize (Luchador Press) was published in December 2019, and In the blue hour (Nirala Publications), was recently published in February 2021. Born in Norman, Oklahoma, she now lives with her husband in Manhattan, New York. https://carriemagnessradna.com