I Gave My Sneakers to the School Janitor After Noticing His Were Worn Through – The Next Morning, the Principal Summoned Me to His Office Over the Intercom
I stood by my locker and watched him push his mop down the hall.
“Keep walking.”
For a moment, I thought about the shop full of tools and old shoes, the little shelf in the back room, and the note about kids who needed to keep walking.
I had thought I was giving an old janitor a pair of sneakers.