Locket

"in my locket is a frank and a hidden lock
a cock upon the frank, the locket on a coquette
my lover was frank but left me dangling
upon the golden chain of long engagement
sadly he did not marry me
he did not like my frippery i think"

"well Danielle
your locket is golden but you are somewhat darker
aubergine or black would be my guesses all
and i can see that this would compromise good dress sense
i recommend you throw the locket off"

" that i cannot do for the locket
is locked into the chain within the locket
and the chain on which the locket hangs
is locked by that same system to my soul
the only way to free it is with the key"

" i will find the key lovely Danielle
but i have searched your room with much thoroughness
and the high and lows of Paris, even the Sacre Couer
and it makes me sad that i cannot find the key to help you
if you know please tell me and you'll soon be free"

"the key is hidden in a secret place
for love upon his mighty forge has welded the key
into the very vertex of my heart
and this makes me doubt it can be freed"

"i will free it with your kitchen knife and turkey baster
see Danielle your heart still pumps
oh dear you appear to be ailing Danielle
i will try and put it back forthwith
although I'm not much good at repairing things"

"do not worry dearest friend
you have tried your best and it was nearly good enough
but there is some thing you must do now
take the locket to the peddler by the church
haggle for the thing must pay my obliquities
and for yourself take the frank from out the locket
and take it, and my heart, to the jeweler in the market square
he will make something of my esteem"

"i will do these things you request straight away
goodbye Danielle i will leave you to rest in peace
here upon the kitchen floor
but i will be back good haste
and bring both a priest and the undertaker"

"dear peddler alas Danielle is dying or already dead
but she has asked me to exchange this locket
for her funeral fare
naturally i shall ask you to the wake"

"oh you are the bearer of such sad news young man
as for the locket heres a frank
were you her lover, no .. well no matter
i must admit how much i admired her frippery
and she was indeed a lovely and generous soul
heres twenty franks to buy her a coffin of finest elm"

"dear jeweler alas Danielle is dying or is already dead
and it was probably her last wish
that i bring her heart and this frank to you
she said you might make something of her esteem"

"oh such sad tidings do you bear my boy
in all candour we all admired her frippery
such a lovely girl and such graceful movement
come back in an hour and i will have made something wondrous"

"Danielle i have returned and done the many things you asked
everyone was very generous in their praise of you
and your funeral is next week and is mostly paid
sadly the undertaker was busy but i have brought a priest"

"do you have the things the jeweler made
a ring of gold from the frank and i would guess
a chain and locket from the heart
do not look surprised he is my father and he knows his kin
the locket suits you, put it on ..
now i wish you to marry me for i am nearing death"

"Danielle i will fulfil your dying wish
and i must also say how much
i admire your frippery before you pass away
priest please marry us - use this gold ring"

"this is most unusual - there are procedures
and have you slept together - umm strange !
but as this is your death wish young umm Danielle ..
God compels that i must wed you two
however this will cost you over twenty franks"

"twenty ! - here but you are a roguish priest
I'm sorry Danielle but this means
you'll have a cardboard coffin
no matter - priest
.. I do"

"then i pronounce you umm man and wife
you umm may kiss the bride"

"Danielle -
alas priest she has nearly slipped her mortal frame
but i will kiss her anyway
she is dead and cold
her life expired with the giving of that final kiss
..
aggh i feel a pain
the locket that her father made has welded
to the vertex of my heart
and in it is the frank left from the funeral expense"

"ha ha ..i umm must say that even as a man of God
who has seen so umm much of life
I admire your frippery young umm man .."

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