'Oh! Oh! Jiminy Crickets! ' Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Is this a plaque of biblical proportions?
It’s not in Detroit, LA, New York, or Wichita,
But some 250,000 acres in Tooele, County, Utah,
Which has become has become a major grasshopper playground.
At times, the number of them is close to 2,000 grasshoppers per square foot.
They are feared to grow in size and number.
Charlton Heston did not say “Let my people go! ”
Utah is predominantly Mormons.
The grasshoppers, it is believed to come from afar.
Some people cannot use their front entrance to their house;
-they must go around the back.
The hoppers have even found their way into another resident's house and car.
Some people said that it was the unusual rainy season that attracted the grasshoppers.
Others believe they are experiencing a sort of hazing,
To what it to come.
While others believe the grasshoppers found out that the skiing is amazing.

7-4-09