DogSpeak #16 Yawn

We’re watching tv
on the couch, a bad movie
but I’m not allowed to touch
the remote. You stick with it
but I’ve seen enough.

I look over at you to telegraph
the idea of changing channels.
You yawn, I yawn.

I know that dogs will yawn
if they see a human yawn
but I wonder if you’ll yawn
if I yawn and so I yawn.
You yawn.

You look surprised.
I wonder if you’re thinking
what I’m thinking
and you yawn.
I yawn.

You spin on the couch,
sit to face me and I sit up
facing you.
I yawn, you yawn.
You yawn, I yawn.
I fake a yawn,
you yawn.
You fake, I yawn.
TV and remote forgotten,
we both yawn.
Yes, this is much better
than that bad movie.
You and me, we fall asleep
yawning.

~ J R Turek