twirlin' dresses,73Please respect copyright.PENANAMr5YGU4l1i
flappin' ties,73Please respect copyright.PENANAIPp9plqGQ8
click, click, click of73Please respect copyright.PENANAbuxucRApdh
high heels on the dance floor,73Please respect copyright.PENANAUfPTw55Bgh
while a saxophone blasts in the back.73Please respect copyright.PENANABGyKHJAh1i
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,73Please respect copyright.PENANAbaeOwBHTPq
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and73Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fc3hZz2fR
damn you if you don't feel73Please respect copyright.PENANAF56AAHGWyv
pretty as a poppet in that moment.73Please respect copyright.PENANA6Eel319LMI
maybe you are pretty,73Please respect copyright.PENANAJmUkwunU72
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,73Please respect copyright.PENANAeC7rFcgFXf
all dolled up in a 1930s dress73Please respect copyright.PENANAxs41g8a1nB
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.73Please respect copyright.PENANAKBOZ116bck
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,73Please respect copyright.PENANANlZUAqyKkH
coursing through your body,73Please respect copyright.PENANAUmHBElixTU
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins73Please respect copyright.PENANAxh1B03pBtv
(but shirley temples don't pop,73Please respect copyright.PENANAYLFaThKSTo
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat73Please respect copyright.PENANAhRk32oExjj
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)73Please respect copyright.PENANAcKZG0dxg9J
is this what it's like to be alive?73Please respect copyright.PENANAxdYRsyj16Z
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,73Please respect copyright.PENANAEtDUyIDYhA
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.73Please respect copyright.PENANA2SSeLLKLbf
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes73Please respect copyright.PENANASmFE0wTaZl
cling to curves you didn't know you had,73Please respect copyright.PENANAXYHgxuNIch
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.73Please respect copyright.PENANAlFJfFoH8K0
73Please respect copyright.PENANAImWrHERjq1
oh-73Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ4fggPpA3
you thought of it.73Please respect copyright.PENANAPuOvPsh7yw
you smooth down the dress,73Please respect copyright.PENANA0WXcVAODRr
tugging it further downwards73Please respect copyright.PENANAmGPz0rdFko
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.73Please respect copyright.PENANAzDi39e2qYz
(now you're self-conscious,73Please respect copyright.PENANAC97YcSEYAG
is she looking at him73Please respect copyright.PENANAVx3744pCnA
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly73Please respect copyright.PENANAR72bw4Lcsh
in unnecessary ways.)73Please respect copyright.PENANA3P6jMHOnjE
73Please respect copyright.PENANAAhXQ4BryDq
hands twitchin',73Please respect copyright.PENANAbA8ucmdmrS
you're dragged back into the fray73Please respect copyright.PENANAZX30n2iGTH
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.73Please respect copyright.PENANAeVyZQavnwa
you're spun 'round and 'round,73Please respect copyright.PENANAb24OETXdgu
dress flaring out73Please respect copyright.PENANA4rpQ5HOHy7
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.73Please respect copyright.PENANAmLQdqK3EUP
73Please respect copyright.PENANAMuTUtySQQa
you're alive,73Please respect copyright.PENANAd6fAcxJ32k
there are hands on your own,73Please respect copyright.PENANAd7XwP0eAYz
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance73Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0FjoEDsya
and two eyes watching you,73Please respect copyright.PENANArrVunlyILM
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.73Please respect copyright.PENANALaidnqpvYt
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek73Please respect copyright.PENANAaitJ9GeGro
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it73Please respect copyright.PENANA6uWkkJ0Po9
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;73Please respect copyright.PENANATDLuVExzD5
sometimes they just said kiss me harder73Please respect copyright.PENANAmlZlWMIcJ2
and well, how could you not?)73Please respect copyright.PENANAK8MQzjBmF7
but you're alive,73Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZTKYbpTTm
and you are breathing,73Please respect copyright.PENANAOoH97ZHxQ8
and they are holding you,73Please respect copyright.PENANA15l8uoJues
so now you're not,73Please respect copyright.PENANAPIc9S7dslw
lungs compressing all the air73Please respect copyright.PENANA1FIm9uSdPM
and keeping it out of reach.73Please respect copyright.PENANAwGlAaIklCp
73Please respect copyright.PENANAD0TbsvoFSo
in the best way possible.73Please respect copyright.PENANAc8OODjngqF
73Please respect copyright.PENANA2DumOf2acu
you are alive.73Please respect copyright.PENANAV1BYdfojSE
(one day longer,73Please respect copyright.PENANAzjHDJnGBhB
another day more than you thought.)73Please respect copyright.PENANAay0eQgtwQP
73Please respect copyright.PENANAY6R7rYRrBC
jazz music plays softly in the background,73Please respect copyright.PENANA2O9uIrkHWc
while they spin you 'round and 'round,73Please respect copyright.PENANAotX0Khjlkv
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,73Please respect copyright.PENANArnW0m57C5F
and you. are. alive.73Please respect copyright.PENANA8bi5r1k75a
73Please respect copyright.PENANAw0ii0Hhfsv
pretty as a poppet,73Please respect copyright.PENANAHlFmTJLCHp
if you do say so yourself.73Please respect copyright.PENANAEDMDPauGd5
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