Any One of Us

You have to beware.

You have to take care.

Given the number

of shape-shifting monsters

proven to exist.

There’s changelings and vampires and werewolves . . .

and that’s just the top of the list.

So check the dentist for fangs;

check the mailman for claws.

Is your principal hiding a row

of razor-sharp jaws?

You can never be sure.

There’s no guarantee.

It’s hard to say

who a monster might be.

Maybe the plumber, maybe the nanny.

Maybe little old me.