Doppelganger

I seem to see this stranger

Almost everywhere

I do not wish to frighten you

But you should know he's there

So that if you're threatened

If evil's ever done

You'll know it's him who did it

You'll know that he's the one

His looks are ordinary

But he does things in the dark

He hides inside the shadows

Watching children in the park

He whispers things in subways

You'd tremble with alarm

I tell you he will get to you

He's out to do you harm

I've seen him in the headlines

And on the evening news

I saw him on the sideline

When stones were thrown at Jews

And marching in Montgomery

Pretending that he cared

I saw him wink

As though some old conspiracy were shared

He was in the crowd in Dallas

At the close of Camelot

I spotted him on campus

When the students had been shot

In an oriental village

With civilians left to rot

He was hanging out

With soldiers

Trading heroin for pot

And he was

Smiling

Smiling

Last night I found obscenities

Scrawled across my wall

I swear I can't repeat

The filthy words that I recall

And then

The most immoral, damned insulting thing of all

As I read each line

I noticed

His handwriting was identical

With

Mine