Night Stalker

I remember
the summer
several years ago
we slept with the windows
closed because
a monster roamed
at night 

choosing random
victims
leaving death
and trauma
no one was safe
young or old

when the night
stalker prowled
in the neighborhood.

When he was caught
I studied his face,
handsome by some
standard,

but surely insane.
The teen who testified
against him

said the convict stared at him
throughout the trial
and when he stared back
the stalker winked.