twirlin' dresses,43Please respect copyright.PENANAFkWYFC3j3T
flappin' ties,43Please respect copyright.PENANAopn3XqPImQ
click, click, click of43Please respect copyright.PENANAL9avbb8Pbf
high heels on the dance floor,43Please respect copyright.PENANA6QaOrbJU5c
while a saxophone blasts in the back.43Please respect copyright.PENANACZv7VurmRE
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,43Please respect copyright.PENANAOVe59XNN7q
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and43Please respect copyright.PENANA7OSPkLjLz3
damn you if you don't feel43Please respect copyright.PENANAwRaLmF0Qbc
pretty as a poppet in that moment.43Please respect copyright.PENANAfvqASp5afq
maybe you are pretty,43Please respect copyright.PENANAWELjGkyvUI
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,43Please respect copyright.PENANAsskhB5Tps2
all dolled up in a 1930s dress43Please respect copyright.PENANAIBNiKpCqmo
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.43Please respect copyright.PENANAbD8qHbpWGi
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,43Please respect copyright.PENANACek8h4V37u
coursing through your body,43Please respect copyright.PENANAPeONs9XqGe
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins43Please respect copyright.PENANA4GZkwk6C4u
(but shirley temples don't pop,43Please respect copyright.PENANALRA5WBnQSa
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat43Please respect copyright.PENANAnQUkPtU79C
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)43Please respect copyright.PENANAXy7ORFXPpy
is this what it's like to be alive?43Please respect copyright.PENANAuf4B7AJMjn
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,43Please respect copyright.PENANAvODNTJbRxk
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.43Please respect copyright.PENANAKEWLbyCyki
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes43Please respect copyright.PENANA14E1GOlo3G
cling to curves you didn't know you had,43Please respect copyright.PENANAj7WUG51lco
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.43Please respect copyright.PENANAnJQFmLzPqI
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oh-43Please respect copyright.PENANAvJijFEcG4s
you thought of it.43Please respect copyright.PENANAXVN36ExD4d
you smooth down the dress,43Please respect copyright.PENANAwrXIic6ciG
tugging it further downwards43Please respect copyright.PENANASdJ9oEZIMF
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.43Please respect copyright.PENANARtHc2Muh6O
(now you're self-conscious,43Please respect copyright.PENANAyKA6RRbbqi
is she looking at him43Please respect copyright.PENANAZdbWFQFKUF
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly43Please respect copyright.PENANA70LhasqIXK
in unnecessary ways.)43Please respect copyright.PENANAfnopu8yoIB
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hands twitchin',43Please respect copyright.PENANAzlFlsZ5Jc5
you're dragged back into the fray43Please respect copyright.PENANAnlROcsjOk4
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.43Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1wjU2TaIj
you're spun 'round and 'round,43Please respect copyright.PENANACimNjF81I7
dress flaring out43Please respect copyright.PENANAKvg1RwvpLE
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.43Please respect copyright.PENANAxphagNMSEI
43Please respect copyright.PENANAOHU8bKCj9W
you're alive,43Please respect copyright.PENANAkskZlZ7sLw
there are hands on your own,43Please respect copyright.PENANA9H2Hn27EZ6
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance43Please respect copyright.PENANAq7yH53a4DQ
and two eyes watching you,43Please respect copyright.PENANAtnb3e9NnoQ
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.43Please respect copyright.PENANAjfru883npr
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek43Please respect copyright.PENANAk7wWwrB7yh
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it43Please respect copyright.PENANAIXxTOWX1p9
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;43Please respect copyright.PENANA7Kv5VkwLv9
sometimes they just said kiss me harder43Please respect copyright.PENANAgCSSy3Rd4o
and well, how could you not?)43Please respect copyright.PENANAC5WKfrzNXG
but you're alive,43Please respect copyright.PENANAtrVEtwkI3H
and you are breathing,43Please respect copyright.PENANAynHm5drm83
and they are holding you,43Please respect copyright.PENANAj9II4Bg0ja
so now you're not,43Please respect copyright.PENANAh0cwHmyGcb
lungs compressing all the air43Please respect copyright.PENANAA5MEHtm77P
and keeping it out of reach.43Please respect copyright.PENANAHGWCR53lzv
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in the best way possible.43Please respect copyright.PENANAGtOaaxzxlg
43Please respect copyright.PENANAH5cKsaG3eX
you are alive.43Please respect copyright.PENANAjUA3mBbOUd
(one day longer,43Please respect copyright.PENANAhOnNmNsxE2
another day more than you thought.)43Please respect copyright.PENANAwo7F8RVcsX
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jazz music plays softly in the background,43Please respect copyright.PENANAuGhTWcOrWd
while they spin you 'round and 'round,43Please respect copyright.PENANAVjfLhoFH7z
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,43Please respect copyright.PENANAgQzjHgIZwK
and you. are. alive.43Please respect copyright.PENANA5Lyydi70Fu
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pretty as a poppet,43Please respect copyright.PENANAuHpggKGqt6
if you do say so yourself.43Please respect copyright.PENANAgL7FrdHnxK