The first 61 pages of "A tale of two cities" a la poem

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By Lovesick and Sick of It

Dickens opens his story with a 119-word long sentence, But all he needed was “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” That’s all anyone remembers anyway.... So anyway he explains the poverty in France And the robberies in London And the guillotine in France (Oh and by the way- its 1775) So, onto chapter 2- The Mail The poor Dover mail horsies cant pull the cart up the hill (OK nice to let us know Dickens, but way to take up two pages of text About the freakin’ horses) So anyway, Jerry (The crazy guy) comes ridin’ up to the Dover Mail Cart To give Mr. Lorry a message “Recalled to Life,” he says “Recalled to Life,” we’re destined to hear a billion more times Chapter Three- we’re with Jerry (Still a crazy guy who talks to himself) “Dig” and “Eighteen years” Take up way too much space here Someone’s been buried alive for eighteen years Chapter 4- Jarvis Lorry’s in Dover To see a girl named Lucie And to tell her that her dad’s alive And she has to bring him back to life (Look at how much sense that makes!) So in Chapter 5, I think we should really give Monsieur Defarge a lot of credit Because apparently his wine’s so good People lap it up off the streets when it falls Or maybe it’s just because they’re hungry (Who knows?) And then there’s Gaspard (They say his name once and we’re expected to remember it) The jester who makes us think that if we mix mud and wine together And write with it on a wall We get blood Then, in the wine shop, We find three Jacques, Lorry, Lucie, And a very strange coughing woman who knits and picks at her teeth After a short conference, Defarge, Lucie, and Lorry Start to climb stair after stair Hoping to find One hundred And five, North Tower (And no, it’s not an address) They find One hundred And five, North Tower (Dickens sure does like those six words...) Behind a locked door, making shoes Once a doctor, now a crazy (sorry- MENTALLY ILL) guy Who, he learns, is a dad

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