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A Song for the Yak

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by Gary Barwin

Published in the July/August 2006 issue.  » BUY ISSUE     

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I feel pain
a yak says
when I stick a backgammon set
in my eye
or Celine Dion


I should clarify
the yak says
grammar is a rich ape that gets
someone else to swing from the trees
while it slumps in a deckchair
text messaging
those who wait


O rich ape
the yak says
sometimes I get Celine Dion
in my eye
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