It's All Relative In The Garden

Isadora asks us to,"Write about a relative's encounter with a famous person. That's all. The encounter doesn't have to have actually happened. And the famous person does not need to be living or even from the same era."

Well, if the famous person can be fictional, then why not the relative? And if not the same era, then why not a different planet?  Full disclosure: I do not have a cousin named Amoretta. Her name and a draft of the first two couplets popped into my head from who-knows-where. I wrote them before I went to bed, then composed the rest on my pillow [instead of sleeping] and set it all down this morning. Can't tell you when the last time was I wrote anything rhyming and metric, so this was a fun challenge.

                                  SNOW FALL

My cousin Amoretta was a drudge at Winterfell;

For a simple low-born lass she was doing well.

Robb Stark never noticed her, though she tried to flirt;

He was destined for a high-born girl whose skirts weren’t fringed with dirt.

So she set her mind and heart on father Ned’s by-blow:

A sullen and impulsive lad whose bastard name was Snow.

This Jon Snow had a weakness for girls with hair of red,

So red-haired Amoretta sought to lure him to her bed.

But their tryst was interrupted when he answered duty’s call

And road off to the North to join the Watchers on the Wall.

Then she was left alone again, bereft of love and joy

Until she caught the eye and heart of the burly black smith boy.

Soon they were wed and she decided he must never know
That in their closest moments she was dreaming of Jon Snow.

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