twirlin' dresses,72Please respect copyright.PENANAyg3Wi4M4ke
flappin' ties,72Please respect copyright.PENANADceb8zHHHt
click, click, click of72Please respect copyright.PENANAJW4pjxpvbu
high heels on the dance floor,72Please respect copyright.PENANAE8zVC2Rl3T
while a saxophone blasts in the back.72Please respect copyright.PENANAXuESvEjcso
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,72Please respect copyright.PENANAtId2FByq3d
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and72Please respect copyright.PENANAPuJoPiqzeK
damn you if you don't feel72Please respect copyright.PENANA3RmIH1OWIW
pretty as a poppet in that moment.72Please respect copyright.PENANA8ojaZAJpq7
maybe you are pretty,72Please respect copyright.PENANAT0xiIAeFna
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,72Please respect copyright.PENANAJc019mIA0p
all dolled up in a 1930s dress72Please respect copyright.PENANAwxobvXjQ2a
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.72Please respect copyright.PENANAHnMOAZ1xwq
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,72Please respect copyright.PENANAyJyYhXuyRo
coursing through your body,72Please respect copyright.PENANAiamah1DMJn
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins72Please respect copyright.PENANA2pqjyJpiUj
(but shirley temples don't pop,72Please respect copyright.PENANA1e788XiUNw
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat72Please respect copyright.PENANApe4YUyWtvP
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)72Please respect copyright.PENANAf7sIXrMYmu
is this what it's like to be alive?72Please respect copyright.PENANANvoE2m1cnx
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,72Please respect copyright.PENANAIc8pq0UrRx
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.72Please respect copyright.PENANA5PwUL9K9OU
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes72Please respect copyright.PENANAYYWmfrcGmt
cling to curves you didn't know you had,72Please respect copyright.PENANAe7drrDYiI9
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.72Please respect copyright.PENANADEKEjvJHBn
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oh-72Please respect copyright.PENANAb53AuEIoLa
you thought of it.72Please respect copyright.PENANATbSMnhCDum
you smooth down the dress,72Please respect copyright.PENANAUAAJJcz3Kb
tugging it further downwards72Please respect copyright.PENANAnLvHsYVmJz
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.72Please respect copyright.PENANAmc0ZEX6AtK
(now you're self-conscious,72Please respect copyright.PENANA2J0JjsJvy8
is she looking at him72Please respect copyright.PENANAJh2jZXLuQk
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly72Please respect copyright.PENANAxeG7b8qNYh
in unnecessary ways.)72Please respect copyright.PENANAUezKYfqbbT
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hands twitchin',72Please respect copyright.PENANAJiezxb54JH
you're dragged back into the fray72Please respect copyright.PENANA3aMWBWOmEc
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.72Please respect copyright.PENANANsBpbZ5DWu
you're spun 'round and 'round,72Please respect copyright.PENANAPw4nwZSGug
dress flaring out72Please respect copyright.PENANAlULClwvjkh
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.72Please respect copyright.PENANAUlZb8gfI7c
72Please respect copyright.PENANAmfCQkfKjF9
you're alive,72Please respect copyright.PENANAgDdWWLlSeb
there are hands on your own,72Please respect copyright.PENANALwfWXvrFPI
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance72Please respect copyright.PENANAEl6Y7NaFZv
and two eyes watching you,72Please respect copyright.PENANAldh7oZKLod
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.72Please respect copyright.PENANAr7l1xGIbWB
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek72Please respect copyright.PENANAE99NnjGpVW
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it72Please respect copyright.PENANAX5WkFAe76D
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;72Please respect copyright.PENANAKyjj3rFRzt
sometimes they just said kiss me harder72Please respect copyright.PENANAYa6Xt8hTfz
and well, how could you not?)72Please respect copyright.PENANAuqftyaCmdU
but you're alive,72Please respect copyright.PENANAGD6sDV821P
and you are breathing,72Please respect copyright.PENANARm0fuNSzjo
and they are holding you,72Please respect copyright.PENANAEbo7oiZlbx
so now you're not,72Please respect copyright.PENANAgc15WwGmGG
lungs compressing all the air72Please respect copyright.PENANAGR9200atn8
and keeping it out of reach.72Please respect copyright.PENANADYhNPnLiFr
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in the best way possible.72Please respect copyright.PENANAYaXEh5xdvp
72Please respect copyright.PENANAJibyWRMSdo
you are alive.72Please respect copyright.PENANAJqEiEaFubt
(one day longer,72Please respect copyright.PENANAEcCIjl0wdu
another day more than you thought.)72Please respect copyright.PENANAFFMH7liCVT
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jazz music plays softly in the background,72Please respect copyright.PENANABQypPYOedo
while they spin you 'round and 'round,72Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3yTqJHCh5
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,72Please respect copyright.PENANAJreMY8DMbO
and you. are. alive.72Please respect copyright.PENANAGBBg4sAvRQ
72Please respect copyright.PENANANpVSMLlHP6
pretty as a poppet,72Please respect copyright.PENANAzxhN4gQSk7
if you do say so yourself.72Please respect copyright.PENANA4jeoQvKddR