Little Brown Bag - a poem by Paul Howlett

Little Brown Bag

 By Paul Howlett

Little brown bag

Just what you hide

Is it rum is it rye

Lots of liquor

I am sure

But no one knows

Just for sure

It may be potent

It may be demure

It may even be

Some kind of cure

For the throat

For the body

Who will know

Lest I give it up

And  show!

I wrote this poem after a friend of mine had a 'incident' with a drunk in a public mall.  The drunk was drinking from a container stuffed into a brown bag. My friend remarked to me that a brown bag is a signal to the world that you are drinking intoxicants, and it really does not hide anything.  You would be better just to put your hand over the brand of your drink and that would be a lot less conspicuous!