Who Knows What Evil Lurks Within
Who Knows What Evil Lurks Within
By Elton Camp
When a vicious serial killer does arise,
It takes the community by total surprise
The people living there had felt secure
That such would never, ever come near
They didn’t need to lock doors at night
To welcome all visitors was their delight
It was nothing to walk down a dark street
And give a greeting to all they might meet
They thought they lived in a virtual paradise
And everyone in town was so extremely nice
“This man must be some sort of raging maniac
Passing through and living down by the track.”
The over confident killer finally made a mistake
Then for the authorities that was all it did take
They very quickly got on the criminal’s track
And soon led him off, handcuffs behind his back
The one arrested, people found so hard to believe
He lived in their midst and managed to deceive
It was a man who had grown up in that very town
Astonished faces of citizens were seen all around
The teacher said, “Why, yes, I remember Tom well.
There’s not one bad thing about him that I can tell.”
For as long as the folks in the town could remember
Of the local church he had been a faithful member
He seemed so normal it was beyond anyone’s belief
That a nice man like Tom could bring so much grief
Looking back, he was seen as a loner and a bit odd
But he had managed to maintain a respectable façade
What is in a person’s mind is quite impossible to say
But in this case, it was powerful compulsion to slay
So it’s extremely cautious that everyone should stay
For we never know who it is our trust might betray
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