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White Bean Soup

Italy’s in my white iron pot.
Bless her,
Marcella,
and her simplicity.

“What you omit is more important
than what you put in,” she says.

No bacon.
No ham.
No bones.
No onions.
No carrots.
No kale.

Soup that stands up
and salutes garlic.

So, I’m doing a Hazan.
Doing her white bean,
garlic and parsley soup.

It’s soup season.
It’s winter.

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Recipe for Hazan’s White Bean Soup . Poetry form: Food Poetry. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting #apoemaday #foodpoetry on Twitter