In the children’s library section,
one toddler pitches a fit and
two more hoot in sympathy like
Prairie dogs sticking heads up
from bolt holes, sensitive
enough to the taller world
to pipe warning calls of an
approaching shadow cast
by a cougar’s roar.
Posted for dVerse ~ Poets Pub’s 13 Monday Jan 2020 prompt: Quadrille #95: Roaring in the New Posted by whimsygizmo
Jedediah Smith 
LOVE the simile in this! I can see them!
glad you like it!
Nice description of being sensitive to the taller world.
many thanks
I can picture this. I love your phrase “the taller world” – it gives this such a visual impact.
thank you!
That simile is fantastic! Vivid and apt.
Thank you, very kind.
I love this… though I would probably not love it being part of the taller world trying to silence the panic.
True, they are a handful
” like
Prairie dogs sticking heads up
from bolt holes,” — Nice!
thanks!