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Yak: a haiku

March 20, 2017September 27, 2017 | Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Comedy yaks from Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Yak yak yak. Yak yak
Yak yak yak yak yak, yak? Yak
Yak yak. Yak.

 

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