twirlin' dresses,50Please respect copyright.PENANAB1SN25xQ7M
flappin' ties,50Please respect copyright.PENANAN125cQx9MJ
click, click, click of50Please respect copyright.PENANAOvvb9qLZ9E
high heels on the dance floor,50Please respect copyright.PENANAYRBERqH0fh
while a saxophone blasts in the back.50Please respect copyright.PENANAHPBrTXg5xB
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,50Please respect copyright.PENANAguUZdAmnvH
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and50Please respect copyright.PENANAVlvtSlr9ON
damn you if you don't feel50Please respect copyright.PENANAOybbkwCPdB
pretty as a poppet in that moment.50Please respect copyright.PENANAiRfdKLBqMw
maybe you are pretty,50Please respect copyright.PENANAnUzzoZbgmL
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,50Please respect copyright.PENANA4UlpE7UNLR
all dolled up in a 1930s dress50Please respect copyright.PENANAo4ITdCAwTq
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.50Please respect copyright.PENANADB96e6yzLo
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,50Please respect copyright.PENANARHcInHxgBQ
coursing through your body,50Please respect copyright.PENANASCLowZBjnY
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins50Please respect copyright.PENANAqnXsdbfsC4
(but shirley temples don't pop,50Please respect copyright.PENANAPxNneHLskZ
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat50Please respect copyright.PENANAWMFca9SjrU
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)50Please respect copyright.PENANAVbX7JxZdsE
is this what it's like to be alive?50Please respect copyright.PENANALfOlRLQj1q
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,50Please respect copyright.PENANAx6WaCXQPfA
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.50Please respect copyright.PENANA8iZ0oTCfkv
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes50Please respect copyright.PENANAql4CjckQoX
cling to curves you didn't know you had,50Please respect copyright.PENANAPfHW1l53LK
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.50Please respect copyright.PENANAmAFtFRrUcO
50Please respect copyright.PENANALN2Ft1aBxB
oh-50Please respect copyright.PENANAvCjA7rvaoX
you thought of it.50Please respect copyright.PENANAXjao5bVK2N
you smooth down the dress,50Please respect copyright.PENANABdaLY44os2
tugging it further downwards50Please respect copyright.PENANAI1W6OGmh1E
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.50Please respect copyright.PENANAl8vQxcMf0V
(now you're self-conscious,50Please respect copyright.PENANAwQLh3IrM08
is she looking at him50Please respect copyright.PENANAtq2qBpOCej
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly50Please respect copyright.PENANAaKbUt9Lqb7
in unnecessary ways.)50Please respect copyright.PENANAARMJABWv32
50Please respect copyright.PENANAspAGxxMNXt
hands twitchin',50Please respect copyright.PENANAxbb79iQmvs
you're dragged back into the fray50Please respect copyright.PENANAcbqNbo1ljd
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.50Please respect copyright.PENANA56GwqXYCx6
you're spun 'round and 'round,50Please respect copyright.PENANAv0G88ghL5p
dress flaring out50Please respect copyright.PENANAEhZt5N025K
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.50Please respect copyright.PENANA8V1rw8IisP
50Please respect copyright.PENANAX8MwiUlqKB
you're alive,50Please respect copyright.PENANAs32TE5QiiP
there are hands on your own,50Please respect copyright.PENANA7YeYTjwzE4
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance50Please respect copyright.PENANAIkXDOyj7d4
and two eyes watching you,50Please respect copyright.PENANAuUcWkoSl1l
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.50Please respect copyright.PENANAmuH4EzhVLN
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek50Please respect copyright.PENANA4XDgxRGjq8
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it50Please respect copyright.PENANAyXm6e0pFOD
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;50Please respect copyright.PENANAhetCflggcm
sometimes they just said kiss me harder50Please respect copyright.PENANA1yeMM6rLLv
and well, how could you not?)50Please respect copyright.PENANAPLxI9rNHx3
but you're alive,50Please respect copyright.PENANAFYblSWvw29
and you are breathing,50Please respect copyright.PENANAISSNm0LsrK
and they are holding you,50Please respect copyright.PENANAcnrhoLXv2w
so now you're not,50Please respect copyright.PENANAVsfwxcPxPK
lungs compressing all the air50Please respect copyright.PENANAYwvedD2DQQ
and keeping it out of reach.50Please respect copyright.PENANAdBFMTv85rc
50Please respect copyright.PENANAJT6zBBT50k
in the best way possible.50Please respect copyright.PENANAPJhGnL27rr
50Please respect copyright.PENANAKHqcjvceaF
you are alive.50Please respect copyright.PENANAUKDyNutMJg
(one day longer,50Please respect copyright.PENANAYSZ8bFxhnl
another day more than you thought.)50Please respect copyright.PENANAkLE3Pt1lwZ
50Please respect copyright.PENANA5UCcEVIhIJ
jazz music plays softly in the background,50Please respect copyright.PENANA0xlvcYSjgw
while they spin you 'round and 'round,50Please respect copyright.PENANAm26oOFt0KH
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,50Please respect copyright.PENANAhOciWoNS7A
and you. are. alive.50Please respect copyright.PENANAfdswPiiVoa
50Please respect copyright.PENANAnq9HkxiCqz
pretty as a poppet,50Please respect copyright.PENANAGxDCFJ3aUb
if you do say so yourself.50Please respect copyright.PENANAAbdi6fT6mV
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