twirlin' dresses,441Please respect copyright.PENANAWegAusKyUE
flappin' ties,441Please respect copyright.PENANAFe37l3oYul
click, click, click of441Please respect copyright.PENANAd1Wj1FHK6c
high heels on the dance floor,441Please respect copyright.PENANAB8LOv70PFA
while a saxophone blasts in the back.441Please respect copyright.PENANAZur6idRILt
you spin, gigglin' as warm hands take your own,441Please respect copyright.PENANAfzkuRNM6si
with a soft "hey gorgeous" and441Please respect copyright.PENANAK9yjGy9ALz
damn you if you don't feel441Please respect copyright.PENANAUsMtIEaWZv
pretty as a poppet in that moment.441Please respect copyright.PENANAYuKx8HBiwU
maybe you are pretty,441Please respect copyright.PENANASpccArJSCE
with cheri red lipstick and painstakingly curled hair,441Please respect copyright.PENANAtO932LpKe9
all dolled up in a 1930s dress441Please respect copyright.PENANA2J8EDG8VRW
in shades of cream-bone-quartz.441Please respect copyright.PENANAtsKqLGMur0
you pretend the Shirley temple in your hand is sweet red wine,441Please respect copyright.PENANAwn1mgT6Mj4
coursing through your body,441Please respect copyright.PENANATb29xF0KaY
to explain the euphoria rattling through your veins441Please respect copyright.PENANATeTXVl754F
(but shirley temples don't pop,441Please respect copyright.PENANApbv0cJ1NnW
champagne bubbles in the back of your throat441Please respect copyright.PENANAMxaztkqfPy
and it's not the sugar making you feel this way.)441Please respect copyright.PENANAjBXVPEweUG
is this what it's like to be alive?441Please respect copyright.PENANAfkpNWzk6K3
all jittery-bug feet and electric wirings instead of nerves,441Please respect copyright.PENANA4sTbe2PbqG
a head in the clouds and two feet soon to follow.441Please respect copyright.PENANA0zyt8elbO5
it's nice not to worry about the way clothes441Please respect copyright.PENANATZoDHVaM66
cling to curves you didn't know you had,441Please respect copyright.PENANA6OR9IZAO0A
or accent the ones you wish you didn't.441Please respect copyright.PENANARDXpeUPRfP
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oh-441Please respect copyright.PENANA4TUPaIyWu7
you thought of it.441Please respect copyright.PENANA2RqBcpLBIm
you smooth down the dress,441Please respect copyright.PENANAmfugvDSeqy
tugging it further downwards441Please respect copyright.PENANA0MHVYOCYVY
and hope nobody notices the way your stomach jiggles.441Please respect copyright.PENANAY0tQjFqpu3
(now you're self-conscious,441Please respect copyright.PENANAHwNo9eXrID
is she looking at him441Please respect copyright.PENANAHcjG7O1sU3
or judging the way your dress bunches at the belly441Please respect copyright.PENANAcHO6Y5CSwc
in unnecessary ways.)441Please respect copyright.PENANAbjihcCFv2M
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hands twitchin',441Please respect copyright.PENANAwJXCxGGyOH
you're dragged back into the fray441Please respect copyright.PENANA4pzfUArT72
by callused fingers and a crooked smile.441Please respect copyright.PENANAzwTvuHy3Ah
you're spun 'round and 'round,441Please respect copyright.PENANAIFOJfzmukb
dress flaring out441Please respect copyright.PENANAeJOZYJP8F2
and thoughts slowly fade to the back of your mind.441Please respect copyright.PENANALYcCZJVN0u
441Please respect copyright.PENANAm0JRzGrLaL
you're alive,441Please respect copyright.PENANAGU7Uc6iSo8
there are hands on your own,441Please respect copyright.PENANAfFmM0UN4N0
guiding you in an unfamiliar dance441Please respect copyright.PENANADrHtlmZ2dF
and two eyes watching you,441Please respect copyright.PENANAWOa6mkMRCS
all starlight and moonshine and cherry pie.441Please respect copyright.PENANAC59d2ksmN9
there's lipstick smeared on their cheek441Please respect copyright.PENANAfrk6VYf8GI
and you wonder absentmindedly if you had done it441Please respect copyright.PENANAcWlZwmFZYa
(you wouldn't be surprised if you had;441Please respect copyright.PENANAJOIkzZY7tc
sometimes they just said kiss me harder441Please respect copyright.PENANAWYDf3pDgiV
and well, how could you not?)441Please respect copyright.PENANArVJQKP2xqU
but you're alive,441Please respect copyright.PENANAHxW8Z385tr
and you are breathing,441Please respect copyright.PENANAbiEdTRhAbf
and they are holding you,441Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0y2OgI6iy
so now you're not,441Please respect copyright.PENANAE9AwdrybsP
lungs compressing all the air441Please respect copyright.PENANAumm8nrvZO8
and keeping it out of reach.441Please respect copyright.PENANAwRWnXhG0FE
441Please respect copyright.PENANASdyV9M8H7W
in the best way possible.441Please respect copyright.PENANA2wz0pv03Ze
441Please respect copyright.PENANAnBoZNN4oQj
you are alive.441Please respect copyright.PENANA0vFgmcpKJc
(one day longer,441Please respect copyright.PENANADGhcTZPAUU
another day more than you thought.)441Please respect copyright.PENANA50wKdVXQvr
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jazz music plays softly in the background,441Please respect copyright.PENANAM6voj9pNRN
while they spin you 'round and 'round,441Please respect copyright.PENANAUN0zdcT2oU
you're all flushed cheeks and puffy lips,441Please respect copyright.PENANA353ypyuCax
and you. are. alive.441Please respect copyright.PENANA7rmCHCHwjG
441Please respect copyright.PENANAMrCvtnWNWV
pretty as a poppet,441Please respect copyright.PENANA71dLZJF58W
if you do say so yourself.441Please respect copyright.PENANA41n4UcpysF