Knitting With Jane

Knitting With Jane
Jane, of course, being
Jane Marple of St. Mary's Meade.

A devotee
of Agatha Christie,
it is Miss Marple
smiling blithely, nodding sweetly,
and knitting with her wisp of pink
pink mohair or bit of lamb's wool
who garners my devotion.

She observes, intuits,
asks the astute question,
and always finds a parallel
to a similar course of action
in the village.

Thus finding the real culprit
and his/her motive.

She unravels the mystery.
How apt!

By definition:
To unravel:
To undo or ravel the knitted fabric of.
To untangle (entangled thread).
To separate and clarify the elements of
(something mysterious or baffling); solve.

Knitting stereotypes are unwinding.

Jane would
no longer be able
to claim the role
of innocent.

How sad!

And like Miss Marple
I rather like being
a quaint observer.

It will be more difficult
to untangle the mysteries
of life in peace.