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