In pursuit of a suitable companion image, I found that gophers may surface only to be grabbed by huge heron birds or stalked by cats ten times their size (no wonder I rarely stick my neck out!) However, these were all photos on people's personal websites and I was too timid to post them here.
Here's my additon to the Poetic Asides Poem A Day challenge for a "tentative" poem.
GOPHER ME.
cautiously
carefully
with one eye
squinting about
I poke
my head
above ground,
gingerly
reaching
for my missing
bottle
of
brave.
reaching
for my missing
bottle
of
brave.
There are also more pictures on the interweb than I thought possible of people sticking their head in the ground. Go figure.
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