twirlin' dresses,328Please respect copyright.PENANA1m5TIOpcDa
flappin' ties,328Please respect copyright.PENANAEdtQEKa0SE
click, click, click of328Please respect copyright.PENANAM6JWDXeyAU
high heels on the dance floor,328Please respect copyright.PENANABRssCRqQvU
while a saxophone blasts in the back.328Please respect copyright.PENANATYsAxKxSY7
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,328Please respect copyright.PENANA70ESanv0yL
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and328Please respect copyright.PENANAvWKDZy8Jmi
damn you if you don't feel328Please respect copyright.PENANADyh0KS3VgF
pretty as a poppet in that moment.328Please respect copyright.PENANAhMmzMTmlku
maybe you are pretty,328Please respect copyright.PENANAql8AE5WRMr
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,328Please respect copyright.PENANAkhGS04FKee
all dolled up in a 1930s dress328Please respect copyright.PENANAiYAIUchgPa
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.328Please respect copyright.PENANAg6E3YxUeEO
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,328Please respect copyright.PENANAfo3KlI6afx
coursing through your body,328Please respect copyright.PENANAzwQC258lwn
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins328Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5e5gJXPOV
(but shirley temples don't pop,328Please respect copyright.PENANAsIcRimnpur
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat328Please respect copyright.PENANAoHxvFaMnzT
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)328Please respect copyright.PENANAbh0VTnbJ0t
is this what it's like to be alive?328Please respect copyright.PENANApvCnrPeA4b
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,328Please respect copyright.PENANAZRWa2atE74
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.328Please respect copyright.PENANAPbQQItpXiK
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes328Please respect copyright.PENANAUlzLP2B9mT
cling to curves you didn't know you had,328Please respect copyright.PENANAyY7eXypGDW
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.328Please respect copyright.PENANAd2S0KTz3ri
328Please respect copyright.PENANAVHuDAVa1B7
oh-328Please respect copyright.PENANAKPo6VZvSPN
you thought of it.328Please respect copyright.PENANADPiUTq47T4
you smooth down the dress,328Please respect copyright.PENANApKxlmx8kba
tugging it further downwards328Please respect copyright.PENANAKhLKSUk4aA
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.328Please respect copyright.PENANA3HwjwRlcAP
(now you're self-conscious,328Please respect copyright.PENANAMfLq0UO5VG
is she looking at him328Please respect copyright.PENANAvaUUbuTYwy
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly328Please respect copyright.PENANAoEC5DQH6Uo
in unnecessary ways.)328Please respect copyright.PENANAq3GgXyFYSb
328Please respect copyright.PENANAhqRxdZ2i73
hands twitchin',328Please respect copyright.PENANAB4YwfywpvV
you're dragged back into the fray328Please respect copyright.PENANAAh2qwp0kjz
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.328Please respect copyright.PENANApdBV3LiR74
you're spun 'round and 'round,328Please respect copyright.PENANAmyXCU06h3K
dress flaring out328Please respect copyright.PENANAjxbIeNbxDV
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.328Please respect copyright.PENANAuISsZNC8Gf
328Please respect copyright.PENANAGd1bsOeI0Z
you're alive,328Please respect copyright.PENANAqkwEfXJjpl
there are hands on your own,328Please respect copyright.PENANAVkuvHmiioi
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance328Please respect copyright.PENANA3DrwGF2hrd
and two eyes watching you,328Please respect copyright.PENANAsvWoZxvmhn
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.328Please respect copyright.PENANA2IfMvoa2y6
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek328Please respect copyright.PENANApz6Q66almg
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it328Please respect copyright.PENANAWGugf5gs3d
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;328Please respect copyright.PENANAE6ZLrfsk7p
sometimes they just said kiss me harder328Please respect copyright.PENANA6GfaxdESHm
and well, how could you not?)328Please respect copyright.PENANAcdvMyc5rNN
but you're alive,328Please respect copyright.PENANAiN2ZISHhGJ
and you are breathing,328Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yt2LRaSzh
and they are holding you,328Please respect copyright.PENANAf2YPZejWvA
so now you're not,328Please respect copyright.PENANAdGLoEuzrNP
lungs compressing all the air328Please respect copyright.PENANAAUT35mbMl6
and keeping it out of reach.328Please respect copyright.PENANAXPUvp4cJMn
328Please respect copyright.PENANA3aBpbQcBiX
in the best way possible.328Please respect copyright.PENANAwcA9Ugw1ga
328Please respect copyright.PENANAPKNghCcwVc
you are alive.328Please respect copyright.PENANACQPvpwUtI6
(one day longer,328Please respect copyright.PENANADR2MTxld9v
another day more than you thought.)328Please respect copyright.PENANALio5sTEJnd
328Please respect copyright.PENANA9lQme9s2pO
jazz music plays softly in the background,328Please respect copyright.PENANAyZGb2K4hYl
while they spin you 'round and 'round,328Please respect copyright.PENANAlixcr6dInR
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,328Please respect copyright.PENANATJxEwIAa9j
and you. are. alive.328Please respect copyright.PENANAHZAjzhs7NH
328Please respect copyright.PENANAoFkbfqrr6X
pretty as a poppet,328Please respect copyright.PENANAYsiB2k23yV
if you do say so yourself.328Please respect copyright.PENANAKO1GOdVhjw
arrow_back
Polt's Collection of Miscellaneous Poetry
more_vert
-
info_outline Info
-
toc Table of Contents
-
share Share
-
format_color_text Display Settings
-
exposure_plus_1 Recommend
-
report_problem Report
-
account_circle Login
Search stories, writers or societies
Continue ReadingClear All
What Others Are ReadingRefresh
X
Never miss what's happening on Penana!
Polt's Collection of Miscellaneous Poetry
Author:
syzygy

ISSUE #11
pretty as a poppet
LIKES 1
READS 324
BOOKMARKS 2

Click to load the next chapter
×
Write down what you like about the story
×
Reading Theme:
Font Size:
Line Spacing:
Paragraph Spacing:
Load the next issue automatically
Reset to default
×
People Who Like This