Skunk Ape

I first heard of the skunk ape when I was barely nine years old

Uncle Roy had seen one and said it made his blood run cold

He'd been out hunting squirrels when he heard a haunting high- pitched call

And then he turned and saw it ten feet away and standing eight feet tall

Roy stood still as an oak afraid to move, afraid to flee,

But finally ran for his life and breathlessly confessed to me

I saw the skunk ape, a reddish matted mass of hair

I smelled the skunk ape and couldn't wait to get out of there

I heard the skunk ape, his high-pitched wail froze me in place

I fled the skunk ape but I'll never forget his gruesome face