Totally Shocked

Leeland was a predator no one would suspect
he attended mass every Sunday to genuflect
a handyman volunteer in our close neighborhood
husband who appeared to do what he always should

Leeland was a serial killer called out by his DNA
this totally shocked us, most now had nothing to say
How could a terrific guy like this be a mass killer?
this shook our church and our town off of their pillar.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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