Winter Ball

I'm not girly
I wear jeans and jumpers
Every day
That's why it's so
Shocking when I say
My biggest, most fervent wish
Is to put on

A lacy
Silky
Can't-take-your-hands-off-of-it
Dress
And have my

Hair all done up
Framing my

Face with the barest touch of
Makeup
(I hate makeup)
And then I want

Him
To knock on my door
In a sharp black blazer
With a

Corsage in hand
And I would take his

Hand and bring him
Downstairs where
My friends would be waiting
With their dates and my

Mom would be there
Camera at the ready
And there would be pictures of
Me giggling and praising the

Inventor of magnetic boutonnieres
And he would slip the corsage on my

Wrist and we'd stand
Side by side in front of my stone
Fireplace, his

Arm around my
Waist and my
Head on his
Shoulder and then the

Shutter would snap
On the camera
And that

Moment of immense
Happiness would be
Frozen in time

But my wishes never amount to
Anything
Yet, I still find myself
Yearning for that one night to feel

Pretty

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