As quick as silver; 
As sleek as fox; 
As grey as melancholy; 
As green as the rookie; 
As soft as granite; 
As deep as a puddle; 
As long as yearning; 
As neat as transition; 
As pretty as a drama; 
As nifty as the tree stump; 
As hungry as desire.

Freddie Mercury, British vocalist for rock band Queen, was born today in 1946.

Fritz Leiber, American author and poet, died on this day in 1992.