Julius Lester

Everything Is Somebody?

Everything we use
is somebody's job.

(Ergo: Every Thing is
somebody?)

who puts the stick-
um on envelopes/stamps and
band-aids? who makes toothpicks/
toothpaste/toothbrushes and
toilet paper? Do people who work
in dog food factories ever taste it?
And somebody somewhere every
day puts seats in cars. (Imagine that.)
What do people look like
who make paperclips/rubber bands/erasers/
lipstick/hairbrushes/toilet bowls/
(do men or women make brassieres?/soap/
picture frames/How do they get
the ink in ballpoint pens? Do you know
how many people it takes to make
a napkin?) Every-

Thing is
Somebody('s
job.

Imagine that.