Gophers' picnic at the park

A father takes his two girls to the park,
The source of high-pitched, chirping sounds.
The girls make calls with bread crusts in their hands.
Out of their holes come the gophers surveying the land
Of predators like coyotes, weasels, owls, hawks.
And when none is found, out comes the horde
And feasts on crumbs from girls who will grow
Not as exterminators of gophers and moles.
Jamison/10/16/2010