Tallulah's poison hairpin

She went through

each husband

to inherit their will.

That's 7 and counting

and it gave the detective

a chill.

For he was the only one

who knew

of her guilt

on which his strong theory

was obviously

built.

You see

Detective Ki

had a very shrewd mind

and he knew in her hairpin

you could easily

find

the most lethal poison

in the touch

of a prick.

Of course his superiors

thought he was

a little bit thick

as Tallulah was the owner

of a shiny bald

head.

So how could a harmless hairpin

be a weapon

of dread?

Tallulah,

it was argued,

didn't even wear a wig

and such a revelation

seemed to be

rather big.

Once again

it was conjecture

because everyone knows

that Tallulah wore a bone

not a hairpin through her nose.

In the Victorian era

the truth vanished

without a trace

when the lack of forensic science

rendered it

a cold case.

The detective was committed

to a room

with no view

while Tallulah picked out

a husband

who was brand new.

He lived for four months

and became fatally

sick.

The autopsy

never discovered

his little prick.

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