A Ballad of Two Cities

 

Young Madame Defarge one time Was left an orphan girl. The Evrèmondes so flippantly Destroyed the young girl’s world. She made her heart into a stone And focused on the day When she could catch the Evrèmondes And wipe them all away.	Gabelle, a humble servant Of the Evrèmondes was he. He pleads for help from Charles when Executed he must be. Darnay the rescue tries to make But he is caught instead, And if the masses have their way Darnay will lose his head.
Doctor Alexandre Manette Witnessed an ugly sight: He saw the sons of Evrèmonde In lowest state one night. For seeing sights he should not see Manette was taken away. They locked him deep inside Bastille And made him there to stay.	The sneaky John Barsad is now A doorman for the prison. Through Roger Cly’s old empty grave A favor must be given. Sydney Carton deals with him Behind a closed door. And then the deal is done that he Will talk of never more.
Tellson’s bank’s best servant Jarvis Lorry is, indeed. No matter what is happening, He sticks like ivy weed. He recalled Manette to living life And daughter Lucie, too. But she fainted then, and strong Miss Pross Threw him across the room.	Sydney Carton is uncanny; He looks like Charles Darnay. And long ago he saved his life In court, through just that way. The time has come, he’ll save again Darnay for Lucie’s sake. His noble act, self-sacrifice He met without a quake.
Jerry Cruncher’s wife She flops upon the floor She flops so that his fishing not Continue anymore. That honest tradesman, late one night, Dug up an empty tomb. Its owner, Roger Cly, had fled To ‘scape an ugly doom.	As Manette and Darnay fly away Defarge begins to seek. Miss Pross is firm and will not move The door behind to peek. The women fight, and Miss Pross clasps Defarge in a bear hug. And soon, in Mrs. Defarge’s head Is a .44 caliber slug.
The upright man, Charles Darnay – He was an Evrèmonde. There was a woman, Lucie, Of whom he was very fond. He married her; they went away Upon their honeymoon. Her father lapsed and went insane But he recovered soon.	-- Kevin S. Baba a flippant summary of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities with considerable poetic license

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