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?