Brittle

Chalkboard One Line Poem Prompt June 5, 2019

Dutch Oven full of food, circa 2004 — image by Kathy/Bruce Jacobs

Beautiful pot
Cast from iron
Strong like steel
But brittle as glass*

*Cast iron can shatter when hit. The very thing that makes it strong, also makes it brittle.

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THEME: Brittle

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