Was this inspired by MH17? I like the fragmented nature of the narrator’s thoughts here. Not a lot of time to get them all out as the plane goes down, but you seem to go through the five stages of death in a short time. Spelling edit: Should be “Peals of silent laughter,” not “Peels.”

Yes it was. Pointless tragedies tend to stew around a bit till something happens. I wrote this very suddenly, even though I didn’t have much time to do so. peal peel Ooops! :-) You are quite right. Edited… Thanks for your comments…

A bitter ending, no peace, but then again, such is war. I know you were feeling disgust and upset over this because that’s how you left us feeling after reading this piece. Well done.

It is heartbreaking how often this happens. I think some of it is a little too much telling over showing, but that’s semantics.

This is a brilliant piece. Really powerful and echoing anyone who spends the time to think enough of these things.

it hurts. good writing.