On the first day of the August Open Write at Ethical ELA, Gayle Sands invited participants to scroll this site, https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/surprising-uncommon-words, for choosing an uncommon word to pay with in crafting a poem.
The word that caught me was snickersnee.
I’ll just let the poem speak for itself…
The Snickersnee
Woe to the olden blades
rusty, dull, disobliging—fie!
Off with thee, useless utensils
—begone!
Behold the Snickersnee:
So fine a blade
German-made
slicing mine vegetables
as if they were but a dream
or merely air…
I forgetteth this
exceptional sharpness
during the washing-up
whereupon the Snickersnee
indiscriminately
snicketh a chunk
o’ me.
(Just a thin slice o’ thumb.
A profusion o’ blood,
nevertheless.
Alas.)
Behold the snickersnee
lit bits and pieces 
Ouch! I trust you are recovered. Artful, as usual–and this time, satirical.
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Oh yes, fully recovered, and without stitches. I was so disgusted by my old knives, dull and constantly trying to rust, that I pitched them all and got a much nicer set than I’ve ever owned before. It’s a lesson in being careful what you wish for…while it slices like a dream, the knife doesn’t care at all WHAT it slices! And I am glad you enjoyed reading. This was fun writing.
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