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Red Slippers
They came into our home
Said we had to pack all our belongings
Said we had to leave most behind
Said we were going somewhere, “Schnell!”
Somewhere to work
I put on my best shoes
I wanted to look nice
We got to the somewhere
The somewhere did not look nice
They told me to put on a grey outfit in place of my black
It wasn’t as nice as my shoes
We had to tend the fields
We had to clean their clothes
They did not give us much to eat
My red slippers were getting to be worn out
“Ich will nach Hause”
I clicked my heels thrice
I kept up my work
Others were disappearing
I too felt as if I was fading
My black dress turned grey
My slippers turned pink
My face paler by the hour
My emotions becoming distant
My ribcage more prominent
“gehen in die Dusche”
They herded us to the showers
We all hurried in
“mach die Tür zu,” the soldiers shouted
We all began to cough
We began to tear up
Slowly everyone dropped
Soon I felt my own knees weakening
My body folding over
My spirit ripping away
I watched from above slowly rising up in the sky
As my beautiful red slippers were thrown in a bin
My body in a fire with the others
And as I float higher
I know I am going home
Because home is a happy place
And this place I can leave is not happy
I know now my slippers’ magic is working
And I will be in a much better place.

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This is about a young girl in the Holocaust. The German lines translate to (in order):
-Go
-I want to go home
-Get in the showers
-Close the doors