twirlin' dresses,80Please respect copyright.PENANAHNcsA9CNpf
flappin' ties,80Please respect copyright.PENANAxtG8vxeCeW
click, click, click of80Please respect copyright.PENANA3DUrmmTUO6
high heels on the dance floor,80Please respect copyright.PENANAL68pmjrPo4
while a saxophone blasts in the back.80Please respect copyright.PENANAKiXXZlMlnH
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,80Please respect copyright.PENANAYRkAxn1Fn0
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and80Please respect copyright.PENANANlLmaSSPui
damn you if you don't feel80Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0ECgTAX0c
pretty as a poppet in that moment.80Please respect copyright.PENANARGXxxXkU7m
maybe you are pretty,80Please respect copyright.PENANALQVr61SRGm
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,80Please respect copyright.PENANATkDtlzP3P5
all dolled up in a 1930s dress80Please respect copyright.PENANAMdrkdjBCqr
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.80Please respect copyright.PENANAUoQnFXaSQn
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,80Please respect copyright.PENANACQGB1P0Z65
coursing through your body,80Please respect copyright.PENANAkDwMRk7MQX
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins80Please respect copyright.PENANAnYwSAykC7o
(but shirley temples don't pop,80Please respect copyright.PENANAGuTKsRa5sQ
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat80Please respect copyright.PENANALvSipf8dmR
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)80Please respect copyright.PENANA6gUIxVRqdm
is this what it's like to be alive?80Please respect copyright.PENANAKROpZuwe09
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,80Please respect copyright.PENANAhs9XMz4xCX
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.80Please respect copyright.PENANAWlXFCVJjec
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes80Please respect copyright.PENANAJrbuXFVcYW
cling to curves you didn't know you had,80Please respect copyright.PENANAeVphpu6sSY
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.80Please respect copyright.PENANAtY1YzjvUXe
80Please respect copyright.PENANAEiYN15QRSs
oh-80Please respect copyright.PENANA5aQRqUC0tV
you thought of it.80Please respect copyright.PENANA7SgzNbMhy4
you smooth down the dress,80Please respect copyright.PENANA93eLG7kPPa
tugging it further downwards80Please respect copyright.PENANAbp0TyjWssG
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.80Please respect copyright.PENANAyFYwjllPlY
(now you're self-conscious,80Please respect copyright.PENANAkZIr1oljug
is she looking at him80Please respect copyright.PENANAIf2FP7GDZq
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly80Please respect copyright.PENANAp0hz87kzq4
in unnecessary ways.)80Please respect copyright.PENANAG3vdUXXgkK
80Please respect copyright.PENANAN2nesYHeDZ
hands twitchin',80Please respect copyright.PENANAvBlsRMQBuU
you're dragged back into the fray80Please respect copyright.PENANAC35S3pwLs3
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.80Please respect copyright.PENANAB9uXF8GTH1
you're spun 'round and 'round,80Please respect copyright.PENANA0ioN1H0Shy
dress flaring out80Please respect copyright.PENANAymDhqf5Oju
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.80Please respect copyright.PENANAilYtYYUErT
80Please respect copyright.PENANAdrYQGLPkdM
you're alive,80Please respect copyright.PENANAzqZSXvSAdb
there are hands on your own,80Please respect copyright.PENANA6k67EIBjIp
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance80Please respect copyright.PENANAHa5dDmBDf9
and two eyes watching you,80Please respect copyright.PENANAxOpwFJG1Yh
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.80Please respect copyright.PENANAPPZhTu81T2
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek80Please respect copyright.PENANAcR1e73VVX9
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it80Please respect copyright.PENANAq5zJ7m9UVC
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;80Please respect copyright.PENANABRnuOXscHN
sometimes they just said kiss me harder80Please respect copyright.PENANAvs8c9x8irN
and well, how could you not?)80Please respect copyright.PENANATzFz18SPeq
but you're alive,80Please respect copyright.PENANAgNMVSnpBeX
and you are breathing,80Please respect copyright.PENANAvUUq42EakK
and they are holding you,80Please respect copyright.PENANAUyBwUMBh2q
so now you're not,80Please respect copyright.PENANAKtbVtn4OKR
lungs compressing all the air80Please respect copyright.PENANAoU8VQ7DsLL
and keeping it out of reach.80Please respect copyright.PENANAQlwpfCRkXL
80Please respect copyright.PENANAHEC6fzYxWN
in the best way possible.80Please respect copyright.PENANAKlLGKcVXfo
80Please respect copyright.PENANAHCpOEifZS0
you are alive.80Please respect copyright.PENANAgKgcffjeRa
(one day longer,80Please respect copyright.PENANA2EIMN5ShrV
another day more than you thought.)80Please respect copyright.PENANAClfHEJpQCs
80Please respect copyright.PENANA1h6Mlz4yq7
jazz music plays softly in the background,80Please respect copyright.PENANAnoJIYapNQw
while they spin you 'round and 'round,80Please respect copyright.PENANAAIk6qvxdEj
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,80Please respect copyright.PENANAdhDQqNq77G
and you. are. alive.80Please respect copyright.PENANAj2eHtAKZ04
80Please respect copyright.PENANAYsrBykj7hr
pretty as a poppet,80Please respect copyright.PENANAtUbMS7F43k
if you do say so yourself.80Please respect copyright.PENANAZKrwyyf1be
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