By alison
Date: 19 January 1998

when push comes to shove

thoughts of you 
crawl in,
creep in,
seep into
my mind, 
in between important ideas
and shove them out of the way,
demanding attention.
i wish i could 
reach in,
drag them out,
throw them to the ground,
then crush them
with my pointy-heeled shoe.