Greek Island by Jacqueline Druga

Author:Jacqueline Druga
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Political, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2011-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

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Jennifer Anderson.

I don’t know who she is or what she did before the

war, but she left a note.

Basically, she had begin to get ill, and just incase

she didn’t make it, she wanted to make sure that someone

in the future found the names of all those people who had

died.

She worked the check in line at the aid station.

The aid station was set up on the fifth of September.

A few days later they realized that the levels were not

falling and people were just getting worse. Those who

were well enough moved on. Those who were ill, they left

behind.

‘The united States government, under the rule of the

President, who was still alive in a bunker somewhere,

made every effort to rise above the ashes. But people and

circumstance made it difficult and it faltered. Last I had

heard, stations across the country were folding.’

God be with us all was the last line she wrote.

Was Jennifer alive? Dead? We didn’t know.

Charleston West Virginia was rubble, debris, burnt

bodies and a charred existence. The only remains we

brought back were the weapons and that list.

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We had to create a sign up sheet for that list, people

wanted to examine it. See if there were names they

recognized. It was on loan as much as a library book.

Over a thousand sheets of paper, all names,

handwritten in no order.

It took each person hours to go through. Lord knew

how long it would take every person.

I myself debated on whether or not I wanted to see

the list.

I realized that it didn’t matter, in time my curiosity

would get to me, and I like everyone else would look at a

long list of names.

How fortunate those people on that list were. Not for

dying, but for being marked. For being listed. For being

more than just charred bones and decaying flesh. They

were a name. And somewhere, somehow, someone would

want to know what happened to their Aunt Marry or

brother John. And they’ll find solace know a resolution,

by seeing their name on that list.

I just hoped to God that I’ll find a list out there with

the names of my family. So I, too, one day can be at

peace.

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