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James Etheridge 4th January 2002 Original Writing: 'Suddenly The Air Cracks' '...Ashes to ashes, dust to dust' droned the priest solemnly, as the men piled the hot, dusty earth over the coffin. Hot salty tears welled up in my eyes, as I realised that my best friend had gone forever. We stood there looking blankly at the memorial, shining brightly in the morning sunlight. I noticed Tariq's name among the sixteen, freshly engraved on the gleaming brass. As the tears streamed down my hot face, memories started flooding back to me. I tried to think back to a time before the war, a life of peace, but all I could remember was misery, pain and death. The war had been going on for what seemed like forever. Nobody seemed to smile anymore, just the same grey, ashen faces wherever I looked. A feeling of immense sadness hung over our small town like a dark...

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