Fugly
written by: Susan Glamuzina
today I wear old black tights
covered in paint and clay
my comfy jelly shoes
the peach wool pilled
my old ¾ length cardi
hides the stains on my over sized tee
hair pulled into a messy low bun
don’t care cause no one will see me
tomorrow I will squeeze my rolls into my jeans
shapewear disguising the unwanted lumps and bumps
under my blinged labeled top
high heels shaping my legs
I will brush my hair and face the world
laying on the gold and makeup
but today I am just me
Susan Glamuzina’s a New Zeeland artist who feels at home when there’s sand between her toes and her thoughts are in the clouds. Susan’s been published in A Fine Line, Good Company Lit, Spillwords, Tales of the Domain, Tales from Dominion Road, and Live Encounters, amongst others. Susan was runner-up in the Orewa Poetry at the Beach, and New Leaf Christmas Poem competitions in 2022, was third in the 2023 IWW short story competition and was selected in Titirangi Poetry in Windows 2023.
