A Song for the Yak

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
and she insists on singing
though I am in pain
and the police
are chasing me


In every ending
there is a new beginning
yadda yadda yadda
my mother always said
though I never listened too carefully
because after all
we were yaks and
I had limited expectations