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SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO ROT by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: DER GUT HERR GOTT
Last Line: ACHIEVES IN PLANTS, IN LIVING PLANTS
Subject(s): DECAY; ROT; DECADENCE;
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https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/06/lifetimes/updike-facingnature.html


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