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|___.____It's
just a plain brown paper bag, but the memories I hold dear.
_.__/
/__.__Kind
of like the American Flag, we have had throughout the years?
__.._\
\\__.........__The
brown paper bag was a part of my growing up. _.........._.._\\
\\__......Holding
treasures from my past. You know, all the good stuff. ........../
|___.__....__When
I went to school, my lunch I would carry. _.............._.._/
\__............_That
brown paper bag, I would open in a hurry. _............._.._/
/__......._Oh,
the treasures I would find all wrapped up safe inside. ............\\
/_..The
sandwich that my mother made, I would smile and eat with
pride. ..._.._/
/__....._My
school books were wrapped in brown paper bags for covers.
........\\
/___I
would paint them with colored pens, to make them like no
others. ..........._\
/__........._And,
walking home from school, we saw hobos by the tracks. .........//
/__They
would tip brown bags and take a drink. We knew what was
in their sack....._\
/||...........
Sometimes
we would get packages that came from far away. ............._.._/
/...........They
were wrapped in brown paper bags with string, so it would
stay. ...._.._/
|/.....And,
the mailman would bring magazines to the man that lived
next door. ....._///
/_....Why
would they all be wrapped so tight? What was the brown paper
for? ........_/
/_.I
remember on my birthday all I wanted was a horse, I begged
and was a nag....._.._/
/_.....I
got a hand carved pony, from my Dad, wrapped in a brown
paper bag. ....._.._/
/_..And,
when Christmas came and times were hard, there was no
fancy wrap........_..//
//_........Gifts
in plain brown paper, tied with yarn, made us smile and
laugh. ......_.._/
//_........The
church Bizarre would come around to earn money for the
poor........._.._/
/_.......Clean
your closet and your chest, all the things you need no
more. ......_.._/
\_..........Just
put them in brown paper bags and place them on the street......._..//
\_.......Someone
will come to pick them up, and leave things nice and
neat. .._.._/
/_............And
when we went shopping, the grocer used them well. ..........._.._/
//.......We
would carry home our goodies, and the cupboards we would
fill. ......._\\
\\_.......Then
Mom would make us supper with the fixens we had bought.
........._/
\\_................We
never did go hungry, and my brother ate a lot.....................//
\_..........After
supper mom made cookies and cooled them on a rack. ............_/
/_...........Then
on a brown paper bag, she would lay them all out flat.
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/_...................We
would each get a handful as we hurried on our way. ......_/
/\............Mom
would kiss us on the cheek as we went outside to play.
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/_.............My
Grandpa had some books, that he stored in his old chest.
......_/
/_......They
were covered in brown paper bags, to keep them at their
best. ......_/
//_..............He
gave them to me as a gift. It was a great big sack.
...........///
/\............I
read them all so eagerly, and then I gave them back.
..............._/
//_.................The
brown paper bag, what else can I say. ......................._/
/_......
...When
I was growing up, it was a big part of my day...
................_/
/\\_.............Oh,
the brown paper bag, will live on through forever. ............\\\
//_.........As
we grow old we will pass down, the memories that we
treasure.........\\
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