"...all we have to fear is..."

The rat-a-tat yap has finally stopped.

What set off her terrier alarm?

A neighbor who would do me harm?

And when I head home late and get a flat

at dark on the country road, should a stranger stop,   

would I take a ride to my abode?  I never used to hesitate.

Fear is a sensible trait.   Nothing is wrong

with caution. But age and the news confuse me

into thinking the enemy might be you..