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planes crashing into buildings
people losing lives

did this need to happen?
is there a lesson to be learned?

it's terrible
awful
and no more so just because he's a yankee

but
i'm sorry
part of me just feels
that rich men aren't supposed to be flying around in little jets

look at j.f.k. jr.
look at all the rest

i say let life be the rush
the thrill
the ecstasy
let your family or your job be the catalyst that gets your heart pounding

i feel terrible that these two people had to die
and all for a recreational thrill

but
i'm also confused
why grown men need to fuel the flame
of what, at least to me, seems
like reckless adolescence

my thoughts go out to their families
to their wives
lord knows what those loved ones are going through now

but also
may we all have safer travels in our own precious lifetimes

for the sad truth is
that these aren't friendly skies