Ogre in the Night
by Rachelle Renken
A search began one crazy night
hastened by the moonlight
for the creature
the townsfolk
thought existed in their midst.
They searched high
then
low
for the raving lunatic
whose vicious snarl
and cruel laughter
echoed during their sleep.
Frustration began to mount
as the search continued,
futilely looking here
then
there.
Suddenly they all stopped,
stared in complete
dumb
founded
ness
as their eyes beheld the ogre
who haunted them.
I, however,
was not surprised
to learn
that
it
was
you.
