"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one" he said.
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, but still they come.

If you look closer you will see underneath each disc,
A huge, rounded bulk, larger than a bear, glistening like wet leather.
Its lipless mouth quivered and slavered
- and snake-like tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated."