SASQUATCH
"The level of a man's performance is a direct result of the inspiration he receives. You can quote me on that. That's a Sasquatch original."
When you meet William Edgar Marshburn
you learn that Sasquatch
is a man
Enigmatic as the beast
from which he was bestowed his name
by an impudent angry driver
cursin' about in a parking lot
came at him swingin’
“You Sasquatch-lookin’ son of a bitch…”
He’s not wrong.
The resemblance
for those who have encountered both
beast and man
quite convincing
in look, yes
in manner, more
recondite, crude, tender, interminable
the stuff of legends
Son of the military
brother of my father
brother / brother
blue collar / white collar
biker / cowboy
at times only connected by
bloodline
Sasquatch has known the road
his whole life
Now we’ve miles to spend
across hot pavement
the only thing that runs stronger than
his diesel motor
is his mouth
He knows this.
Veiled beneath
hearty jubilance
lives a monster, he calls it
which pays no penitence
closure which
has yet to arrive
Sasquatch is too a safe harbor
for unrighteous anger
We are too old to blame our fathers.