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