Knitting Murder Club

Innocent little ladies, so they seemed

uncorking mouths to let sins out.

Knit One, Purl Two

Knitting virgin white sweaters

covering their blackened souls.

For all the members of sordid group

had pasts kept cloaked inside.

Knitting needles had sharpened points -

Becky used one to do her lover in

a spiked stab to base of the neck

nary a mark to detect cause of death.

Knit One Purl Two

The things they knit were sturdy and sure

but violations they had committed

unraveled as their tales spilled out

many secrets of which they were proud.

Anna bragged she had tightened a scarf

around neck of husband who had cheated

dumped him in sinking sand nary to be found.

“Scoundrel left me!” she cried out to her friends

Knit One Purl Two

Black wooly socks soaked in poison by Lila

absorbed through the skin by her father

death blamed on heart attack by doctors

all his fault because he had molested her.

His passing gave her great satisfaction.

Knit One Purl Two

All the women in the dark knitting group

shared their stories but knit themselves

into a corner when one too many

losses occurred and it sounded like a yarn,

trying to pull wool over detective’s eyes.

Knitting group all convicted at trial

they had blabbed way too much -

jury and judge all agreed on conviction.

The evil little group now continues together

wearing striped uniforms in prison confines.

Knit One Purl Two