One Tea Bag

February 1st, 2010
Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach (PM of Ireland) enjoying a cup of tea

Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach (PM of Ireland) enjoying a cup of tea

Dedicated to John Fallon

 

One tea bag can furnish

Many cups of tea.

That they waste so many

Is a cause of concern to me.

 

Too often I see them

Throw the bag away,

After it has furnished

A single cup of tay.

 

Please take the tea bag out

After a count of two;

And hang it up to dry

Like civil servants do.

 

Hang it up to dry

Until the next tea break:

And see how many cups

One tea bag can make.

 

Don’t leave the tea bag in

Till the tea is thick as tar.

Dip it in and take it out

For a nicer cup by far.

 

Then you can enjoy that bag,

Again and again.

Green Label, I find,

Can make up to ten.

 

And, when the flavour’s all used up,

Still don’t let it go.

Put it on the compost heap

To help your garden grow.