twirlin' dresses,70Please respect copyright.PENANAup5kRkA0TA
flappin' ties,70Please respect copyright.PENANAHFAruPhZCm
click, click, click of70Please respect copyright.PENANA14grJ5dWbw
high heels on the dance floor,70Please respect copyright.PENANAJYmzfgZjzl
while a saxophone blasts in the back.70Please respect copyright.PENANAqI3sclKWzM
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,70Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ2tk2Z9Ye
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and70Please respect copyright.PENANAB8K2lYGU6O
damn you if you don't feel70Please respect copyright.PENANA3UQNJOXTLc
pretty as a poppet in that moment.70Please respect copyright.PENANAULnac0q8ul
maybe you are pretty,70Please respect copyright.PENANAcJZ0zwAJa1
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,70Please respect copyright.PENANADAka9jSHRO
all dolled up in a 1930s dress70Please respect copyright.PENANAGhYARuHSUA
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.70Please respect copyright.PENANAhTkzLI6xvF
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,70Please respect copyright.PENANAdW1ht0Y7eR
coursing through your body,70Please respect copyright.PENANAXUWvtIwZXX
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins70Please respect copyright.PENANALqOJngYRgy
(but shirley temples don't pop,70Please respect copyright.PENANAxWtAcrODSd
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat70Please respect copyright.PENANA04SjPLuTJM
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)70Please respect copyright.PENANAz5VR0FIGXG
is this what it's like to be alive?70Please respect copyright.PENANAwYd5jgyomk
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,70Please respect copyright.PENANA6Un8m7kEiE
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.70Please respect copyright.PENANAvKiqtxn7Ko
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes70Please respect copyright.PENANADbOFUiyhHH
cling to curves you didn't know you had,70Please respect copyright.PENANAPfoteYM9Ab
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.70Please respect copyright.PENANAIBlnknP19Q
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oh-70Please respect copyright.PENANAFA9Pzp2Ac2
you thought of it.70Please respect copyright.PENANAixLsNHGDbL
you smooth down the dress,70Please respect copyright.PENANAGjrJ1xO3do
tugging it further downwards70Please respect copyright.PENANAzBOdsbOo2g
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.70Please respect copyright.PENANAAJqGt6lCgL
(now you're self-conscious,70Please respect copyright.PENANAuuUGC5uled
is she looking at him70Please respect copyright.PENANAX9DTegEQYV
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly70Please respect copyright.PENANAGxC2Yr0yKB
in unnecessary ways.)70Please respect copyright.PENANAFxjyOrWB6r
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hands twitchin',70Please respect copyright.PENANAXP3DoI9r3g
you're dragged back into the fray70Please respect copyright.PENANAUDLNXKySPA
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.70Please respect copyright.PENANAEErryhsLX8
you're spun 'round and 'round,70Please respect copyright.PENANAHc6YAHBaPv
dress flaring out70Please respect copyright.PENANAhM5T1tdZvA
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.70Please respect copyright.PENANA5rl704jvc9
70Please respect copyright.PENANAl3gNJOabq1
you're alive,70Please respect copyright.PENANACylmD63kE3
there are hands on your own,70Please respect copyright.PENANAlh4jn6saQv
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance70Please respect copyright.PENANASZgQNti84o
and two eyes watching you,70Please respect copyright.PENANAoJmO6UdLJM
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.70Please respect copyright.PENANAwhaWRwtPlN
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek70Please respect copyright.PENANAfIKuu9PslG
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it70Please respect copyright.PENANA2aLIUrEbgY
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;70Please respect copyright.PENANAUzwrx29Gxz
sometimes they just said kiss me harder70Please respect copyright.PENANAs0QpMKJc5F
and well, how could you not?)70Please respect copyright.PENANAWXfjzgvPrF
but you're alive,70Please respect copyright.PENANA49G2DcHncf
and you are breathing,70Please respect copyright.PENANAi5N7xdWc2f
and they are holding you,70Please respect copyright.PENANAafg3TMxGy3
so now you're not,70Please respect copyright.PENANAEjpFHJPPuB
lungs compressing all the air70Please respect copyright.PENANAqjltdoZU6U
and keeping it out of reach.70Please respect copyright.PENANA0aZa5MiWYJ
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in the best way possible.70Please respect copyright.PENANAaa7LGgSjqR
70Please respect copyright.PENANAnSl5ycqjFZ
you are alive.70Please respect copyright.PENANAzHvJC5YvO0
(one day longer,70Please respect copyright.PENANAbClZcfwnwG
another day more than you thought.)70Please respect copyright.PENANA6evB3CpHRK
70Please respect copyright.PENANAtBmzlvjkcM
jazz music plays softly in the background,70Please respect copyright.PENANAhtO3Q5XLfV
while they spin you 'round and 'round,70Please respect copyright.PENANAOGdln0U1HA
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,70Please respect copyright.PENANAL4jwrmoH6l
and you. are. alive.70Please respect copyright.PENANAZqjLMaIuMh
70Please respect copyright.PENANAKUhm5W19Ef
pretty as a poppet,70Please respect copyright.PENANAnMDuohhrxF
if you do say so yourself.70Please respect copyright.PENANAEvyqX3SvHk