“The smoke alarm did indeed go off, and the candles were so waxily embedded in to the cakey goodness that it was well beyond eating.”

“Dead-eyed and waxily handsome, he makes a speech about helping our brothers and sisters in Africa.”

“They also take their turn kneeling to pray amid the flowers in front of the coffin, peering at the waxily reposed figures with a mixture of curiosity and bewilderment.”