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-^........ THE SEVEN STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION ARE ........^-
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-^........ OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED WITH WATER. ........^-
:-^....... BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING .......^-:
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