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 chometz,
Caked into hidden places,
The process itself,
Lets 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 author of twelve children's books, including The Happiness Box, The Invisible Book, and What Do You See At Home?)