The Legend of Sasquatch
Sasquatch plays in a rockabilly band
and roams the roads at night
in his vintage white leather interior
cherry red Chevy.
The man beast slices down back roads
behind bright yellow moon mimickers,
howling husky lullabies to silver wolves
running alongside him in packs.
Lost and found behind diamond beams/
searching for home/ out on the road,
running one more time from what they’ve seen
Crickets chirp in time from his dash
amongst old maps and lighters,
understanding all too well
a lifestyle in hiding.
On nights when the wolves
stay home with their wives
Sasquatch recites poetry in whispers,
lonesome legends of dotted lines,
frightened doe eyes,
whirs of late night rigs
decked out in bubble lights
and Coca-Cola logos.
Past twilight on his way to the bars
Sasquatch thinks of Mom
and all those times he’s reached out at dusk,
of home in the woods surrounded
by sweet sap and ivy,
of nights off spent hiding in trees,
watching the Fact or Fiction film crews
panic at the sound of their own footsteps.
On nights when the stars glow bright
above vacant country roads,
you can almost hear the Squatch revving his engine,
belting his tunes, heading for home.
If you’re worthy of trust, he’ll let you catch
a glimpse of his leather jacket,
his slicked back pompadour,
and the orange end of his cigarette
burning into the first streaks of dawn.
Writer’s Note: Sasquatch has always fascinated me, especially since I’ve encountered one. I was driving home from the lake one night with a group of friends (I was not drunk or on drugs) and we were driving down the back roads, chatting. We all saw it at the same time – beside a mail box (there were maybe 2 or 3 houses in the area total, it was definitely “in the boonies”) an incredibly hairy creature about seven or eight feet tall loomed out and reached toward my car. I honked the horn because I didn’t know what else to do, and we all started asking each other what in the deuce we just saw. Hence the line – “…reached out at dusk...” Sasquatch? Or a really bored really tall kid playing tricks?