When Winter Fell

When Winter Fell:  All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,The acts within seven great houses will be played.At first, the Half-Man, drinking and drooling in the comfort of abrothel. The concubine quiets his tears, laying his thoughts torest. Then the whining First-Born with his crown and rosycheeks, creeps his way like a slimy snail to a position of powerand authority. And the Lover burning like a furnace for hissister’s touch, willing to kill for her affection. The things he willdo for love. Then a Soldier full of great oaths; committed toher duty, sworn to honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, devotedto a house of the North. A Simpleton, though great in stature,slow and lumbering, carries a mystic seer like a modestservant, in a pouch on his back. His big manly voice shrieks acommand, “Hold the door!” as his options are closing and sohe plays his part. The curtain falls and the