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RACHAEL PETRIDIS

     kitchen windows

kitchen windows hang in art galleries

            outside becomes inside

a plum tree ushers pink blossom

            a geranium flares cardinal against the glass

lace ferns feather the sill

            oranges cast perfumed light

honeyeaters tap at moths

 

a mother works here

            silent as the moving years

close to the faint breath

            of mint and rosemary

fading in a light that filters

            minutes into hours

her blade, grate-sharp against the board

            a woman works here

sedulous as the spider spinning in her window

            its fine silk shimmering through the pane