Doctors and Lawyers and Teachers, Oh My!

Jun 01, 2008 - 21:58 PM PST


George’s daughter, Emily, is eight,
She says
“Daddy, I want to be
A lawyer, or
A doctor, or
A teacher
because that’s what mommy says are
the best jobs”
So George tells Emily a story about

doctors:
taking away garbage
banana peel latex gloves, white jacket autopsy of Tuesday’s take-out
mending power lines
scalpel wired vessels of every fat kid’s T.V I.V insert for today
even un-scarring graffiti, stitching up pot-holes, giving prescriptions to bus routes.

lawyers:
baking bread
floured black trousers, dough clogged cufflinks, baker’s dozen juries
milking cows
white milk silk tie, cow pie leather shoes, hoof print briefcase
even arraign-jing the grocers, serving market, notarizing the food wagon centrals.

teachers:
strumming and drumming
pencil tip microphones, algebra bass, lyrics on your physical edUcAtion
acting in plays
grade A Broadway, chalk white face, black board lines
even reading canvas, flash carding inventions, recessing fashion come-n-goes.

Emily asks, “What kind of lawyer, or doctor, or teacher are you?”

And George explains how he a is
A teacher of perfect mac ’n cheese.
A lawyer of remote control wars.
A doctor of the classic V-8 engine.

Doctors and Lawyers and Teachers, Oh My!

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Jun 05, 2008 - 08:43 AM

zachryals on
I love this.
Its just amazing