The Shoe

A beat-up shoe that’s toddler-sized Has a sock that’s stuck inside. We don’t know whose it was, but know Its owner surely died. It’s one of many artifacts From Auschwitz on display In the Heritage Museum* Where I volunteered today. The school groups come, we lead the tours; They try to understand, But really, how can anyone Who hears it second-hand? I speak into my microphone, For all that I can do Is to share the story of the child Who left behind that shoe. *The Museum of Jewish Heritage, currently showing an exhibit entitled “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away”