do you know that life is beautiful

Sean Norvet

thats what the rain was telling me this morning

tapping on my window in morse code

wake up, sleepyhead

it tapped through the screen to the glass

yo, busblog, it insisted

yes you in there!

life is beautiful, the rain said, we’ve been traveling around the globe

falling, evaporating, floating along

and what we’ve learned is

it’s ok.

it’s perfectly ok.

and sometimes even better.

but you simply must wake up!

said the rain

with only a hint

of sarcasm.

there are dudes with guns who have taken over a federal building in oregon

the need snacks

they forgot to bring enough food and snacks.

they have asked their supporters to bring some to them.

at first i didnt understand why the authorities didn’t force them out of the encampment.

but now i am starting to get it.

even the government knows these knuckleheads will starve to death there.

while everyone watching dies of laughter.

so to speak

it just dawned on me that i’ll never be a colonel

COLONEL SANDERSwhich means i’ll never be a major

or a captain

or a lieutenant

or a general

or an admiral

which means i’ll never even be a rear admiral

who doesnt wanna be a rear admiral?

since i was a kid playing cowboys and indians, i was always saying fuck that i wanna be the rear admiral.

all the other kids would say aint no rear admiral in cowboys and injuns

and id say omg look over there!

and theyd turn around to where i was pointing

and id kick em right in the rear

and run and say TELL YOUR MOMMA YOU WERE KICKED IN THE REAR FROM REAR ADMIRAL PIERCE

OF THE F U PLATOON.

but what i really wanted was to be a colonel.