When Push Comes to Shove

When push comes to shove

words from above

drove

things hot on the stove

When push comes to shove

standing on the brink

staring hard at those that provoked this

We know who you are

We see you clearly

Oppressors

Criminals

Tunnel burrowers

Financiers

Self-justifiers

Cowards 

When push comes to shove

An iron fist in a soft glove

driven

hard from above

may bring love

it’s often the case

you’ll fall in love with hate

it’s often that way on TV

so why not a romance

instead of a death dance

that script won’t play in Peoria

something about death brings on euphoria

when push comes to shove

standing eye to eye

there’s no hatchet to bury

that would soothe our enmity

when push comes to shove

we will 

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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