1.   Huge carrion birds gorged on the flesh.

2.   The swirl of carrion birds would be behind her, above the forest, out of sight.

3.   Corpses, small and often frail, pile up only to be picked at by carrion birds and eventually burned by residents to rid the air of the stench.

4.   She brought the song to a brutal climax of irony and despair, acknowledging the carrion bird as the one companion faithful to the grave.

5.   Flies buzzed around the corpses, and carrion birds circled overhead.