The jets. The aural assault is bad enough for me, safe in my privileged life, but knowing that for someone—not so unlike me—trying to protect her children in a war that she had no say in and no way to get away from, that sound was far, far worse. It was a threat to life itself.
Hey Erika! I was thinking recently about how absolutely absurd and obscene it is that we do flyovers at NFL games. The average cost of a super bowl flyover is $4,000,000 when you account for the planning that goes into it. Like, can we maybe put that towards something a little more important? They do flyovers for other NFL games as well. Just ridiculous, and after not living in the states for a long time, I've come to see how obscene our wealth really is. I've subscribed!
No not a dumb question at all. Just don't like living in the states too much. I feel really disconnected from people there. It's kind of hard to explain. I just don't feel like I think like a lot of Americans do. And I like to experience new cultures anyway. I came to Mexico a few years back and ended up marrying somebody here.
I’m so glad that you posted this—it’s so eerie to think of how blind so many, too many, are to what the reality of this sound means, how it reverberates across distances we also turn away from. The succinctness of it makes it even stronger. 💜
It's hard for me to imagine that people can be so blind to it--both what the airplanes themselves are (weapons platforms/killing machines), and what they represent (masses of dead and injured people.) It's mind-boggling.
Hey Erika! I was thinking recently about how absolutely absurd and obscene it is that we do flyovers at NFL games. The average cost of a super bowl flyover is $4,000,000 when you account for the planning that goes into it. Like, can we maybe put that towards something a little more important? They do flyovers for other NFL games as well. Just ridiculous, and after not living in the states for a long time, I've come to see how obscene our wealth really is. I've subscribed!
And thanks for subscribing!! ❤️
Excellent point, Thomas. I don’t watch football so I didn’t realize they were doing that. Why did you leave the US (or us that a dumb question...?)
No not a dumb question at all. Just don't like living in the states too much. I feel really disconnected from people there. It's kind of hard to explain. I just don't feel like I think like a lot of Americans do. And I like to experience new cultures anyway. I came to Mexico a few years back and ended up marrying somebody here.
I’m so glad that you posted this—it’s so eerie to think of how blind so many, too many, are to what the reality of this sound means, how it reverberates across distances we also turn away from. The succinctness of it makes it even stronger. 💜
It's hard for me to imagine that people can be so blind to it--both what the airplanes themselves are (weapons platforms/killing machines), and what they represent (masses of dead and injured people.) It's mind-boggling.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Erika, this poem is powerful and sadly it is truth. Well done
Thanks Brooks. So deeply tragic that our society and culture find this “appropriate “ in any way.
Thank you, Diana.
I share your sentiments, Erika. That's a very moving poem.