Crush

Leanne Yanabu

I t's fun when a crush begins, but it can sour quickly.

When I get interested in someone, I start to 	
			"Can't seem to face up to the facts		
obsessively think about him all the time, even when		
			I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax		
my conscious mind no longer wants to think about		
			Can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire		
him. Excitement turns to anxiety and it disrupts my		
			Don't touch me I'm a real live wire"		
peace of mind. Like crushed pineapple, a crush 		
			Psycho Killer, Talking Heads		
can start out light, juicy, and tasty, but too much

indulgence and it gets heavy, cloying and sickening.

This often happens toward the end of a crush when I

know the person isn't interested in me, but I

still want to believe there might be a chance.