Getting Rid Of Chametz

Bracha Goetz

I’m up to the kitchen, 

And everywhere I look, 

It seems I’m uncovering,

More and more gook.

I’m climbing inside cupboards,

Scrubbing every crack,

Just please don’t ask,

What I find in the back.

I get changed by this work.

You know how I can tell?

I start feeling so “crumby,”

My head doesn’t swell.

While scouring chametz,

Caked into hidden places,

The process itself,

Let’s me see concealed traces…

Of arrogance,

Which is just as widespread.

I discover I’m more puffed up,

Than Wonder Bread.

It’s a humbling experience.

That is for sure.

Pesach cleaning – 

A big ego’s best cure!

Bracha Goetz is the Harvard-educated author of 43 children’s books and a candid memoir for adults about her journey to joy in Judaism, Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within.  Her newest picture books include, Let’s Stay Healthy, Don’t Read This Book, and The Mother Who Always Said Yes.  These books can be found in bookstores and at www.growingimpactpublications.com.