his wings as drifting snow, his eyes as flame

Thank you for the icon, rain. It's extremely neat.

Dentist pronounced my teeth in good condition ("though they could use more flossing"). That is very reassuring. (Quick explanation; since (a) an accident which broke my jaw and cracked several teeth, (b) not going to the dentist for a couple of years, (c) attending for a number of fillings and a severe lecture, I've been attending every 6 months for a checkup. Sigh. But clear for the moment, so good.)

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"A planet doesn't explode of itself," said dryly
The Martian astronomer, gazing off into the air--
"That they were able to do it is proof that highly
Intelligent beings must have been living there."

-- John Hall Wheelcock, Earth