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how to make: racism ramen

October 8, 2022
By carpediem88 BRONZE, Schaumburg, Illinois
carpediem88 BRONZE, Schaumburg, Illinois
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if you were craving for some racism ramen,

you would buy a pack and learn our family’s not-so-secret recipe,

quietly trying to open the packet without the crinkle crinkle crinkle

you would switch on the stove and place a pot on the stove

measure about a cup of watered down asians

wait for several minutes,

until they reach their resentment to a boil

hissing and steaming in abomination

If you were yearning for a piping hot dish of racism ramen,

quickly wrench open the packet 

and release the derogatory dehydrated vegetables and trash-talking soup broth powder

and then dump the block of white ramen in

wait some more until the soup disperses and until the clear water is clear no more

when the noodles start to loosen and get used to the atmosphere

you should then learn how to use a chopstick to adjust to our ways

If you were thirsting for some racism ramen,

maneuver the sticks to detach the noodles from each other

once the noodles are all skinny, white, and not too curly

move everything into a large bowl

and slurp every single noodle strand

to their inescapable death


The author's comments:

This poem attempts to exemplify the meanings of racism and Asian discrimination through the semi-playful use of an extended metaphor of cooking ramen.


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