Cold and wet as a slattern's kiss the darkened streets contrived a mist it touched my lily cheeks so rare (and left a certain dampness there) that later caused an irritation leading to this remonstration: Go not into the dead of night without a handy rag in sight to wipe away the fog of gloom or redness on your butt shall bloom and thy lament shall be mine own (endeth, here, my humble pome).