local wine tasting

you see two
bums,
bums being an
old fashioned word
for purposely
homeless, jobless,
and inebriated
people with
dubious track
records of
employment who
have been in
frequent
scrapes
with the law.
but they are in
the alley
at a wine
tasting.
each one passing
the other
one a bottle
wrapped in a brown
paper bag.
now taste this
one, one says to
the other.
close your eyes.
swish it around.
rose or merlot?
I'm not sure, the fruit
flavor is
throwing me off.
let me have another
swig.