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Created on: April 07, 2009
Fish net panty hose, thigh high boots
Harsh red lipstick, bleach blonde, dark roots
She sets at a corner table every Friday night
Sipping cheap champagne by a candle light
Few know her story, the bar tender knows too well
A couple drinks in she says "what the hell"
She'll start dancing with any guy who asks
Parading around in one of her many masks
Then will come the question, "your place or mine?"
She isn't surprised, happens every time
She hates herself in the morning, breakfast she never does mention
He is already gone, she is left, starving for attention
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