May 26, 2011

a majestic mess

dear anderson cooper diary,

watching anderson cooper in joplin before i went to sleep is what tainted all further dreams for the next 9 hours. hey, i have been through a tornado and i know what it is like, and our house made it through- well all but the roof and plywood and shit the shingles get nailed to. when the tornado cut the path up through the back yard, it graciously decided to skip over our house, prolly because the Lord knew my dumb ass dad had no homeowners insurance at the time. yup. i had just won the lottery (pick four don't get excited) so guess what my winnings were spent on? i am glad that obama and them will be visiting sunday to the ravaged site. i cant tell you how much of an uplifting experience it was when hillary clinton came and touched my babies and pulled them with brenda edgar in my little red wagon down the road. and when the cnn helicopter caught my brother and the unibomber smoking whatever it was they were smoking while they were laying on the roof while fixing it- and broadcast that to the world live- you know- that IS reality tv. things will get better in joplin- i am sure there were the lucky ones and the really unlucky ones. the property can be replaced- it's the faces that will forever leave the empty spaces.