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Brown Paper Bags

Jul 22, 2005

i like brown paper bags.
for their simplicity
and for what they
can contain.

lunch for someone
who is hungry
or a book that will
change your life.

maybe medicine
for a sick child.
peppermints
for a well one.

brown paper bags
with no brand names no
logo no way of saying I
am a better bag than any
other.

brown like the color of
old rivers and hands that
work long in the sun.

brown like tree trunks
and brown like the earth
and brown like a small brown dog.

i like brown paper bags
for their simplicity
and for what they
can contain.

apples and bright blue ball point pens
bata chappals and
brand-new poems.

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