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America’s political power soup is boiling
Having gone back to great-grandma’s recipe
Of using black pepper only as needed to enhance
That old fashion flavorful taste of sweet whiteness
Indeed, today’s soup is calling for only the use
Of red and white pepper to ensure enhancement
Thus black pepper congressional pantry shelves
Are now being made ready for instant removal
Even the most vaporous pepper that’s black
Is being removed to ensure no accidental use
That could make it the most powerful ingredient
Surpassing both sought-after red and white pepper
As allegorical as the above ingredient stanza be
We Gumbo lovers should have little difficulty
In identifying the souring slurpy message
And get to getting this pot off the stove
