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The Oldest Thing I own and still use daily is a nutcracker owned by my mother. It’s good for opening bottles and jars that are tightly screwed when new and difficult to open

Carolyn O’Connell
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What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?

NUTCRACKER

The oldest thing

I ever owned is

a nutcracker

inherited

from my mother

made of silver

it’s small gaps for nuts

clasp clasp bottles

that are hard to open.

It’s small handle fits

my hand and with a twist

as I hold it and bottle

or jar open quickly as

a shelled nut.

It’s a treasure, repurposed.

Carolyn O’Connell Poetry

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3 responses to “The Oldest Thing I own and still use daily is a nutcracker owned by my mother. It’s good for opening bottles and jars that are tightly screwed when new and difficult to open”

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    dafbooks

    Is it from Germany?

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      Carolyn O’Connell Poetry

      Thank you I have another poem on the site today if you’d like to read it

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      Carolyn O’Connell Poetry

      Thank you and I hope that you will visit me again and invite others to read my poems

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