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The image is a colorful, comic book-style illustration of a kitchen scene. In the center, there is a large pressure cooker on a stove, with steam dramatically bursting out from the top, creating a cloud-like explosion effect. The background features green cabinets and a yellow wall with a red polka dot pattern. On the stove, there are two smaller pots with lids. To the right, there is a countertop with a watermelon, a pineapple, a tomato, and a bowl of fruit. The overall style is vibrant and exaggerated, typical of comic book art.

“Cooked Under Pressure” & Other Poems * Joan Mazza

aromatica poetica June 18, 2024

Cooked Under Pressure My mother loved her pressure cooker and gave testimony as if in a commercial: Preserves vitamins, fast cooking! Energy efficient! Sterilizes your food! Even quick-cooking vegetables like spinach, escarole, and broccoli went under the power of pressure, set the valve jiggling as if it might explode at any second. My father arrived as Mother served the meal. He washed his hands and ate in silence, while pressure built in that small dinette. We knew he could blow …

“A peek inside a septic tank”: Like a cave but walls too smooth. Dark place. Smooth black walls. Splotches of stuff: green, brown, grey, and things like stalagmites hanging down, almost like ragged material in shades of browns. (Flicker)

“A Septic Tank” and Other Poems by Joan Mazza

aromatica poetica April 18, 2023

A Septic Tank is a portal to an alternate universe. Your disgust at opening it for cleaning is not simply because of its stink, not because it contains what the body expels and sheds, not even the knowledge of its billions of microorganisms, many of them infectious agents that kill when found in the wrong places. Your revulsion surfaces with that opening because that tank is gateway to your past, to the DNA of all your relatives and anyone you’ve …