from the kitchen window at night

i can see a red light blinking in the small gap between top stories of the houses across the road

it is the top of mt victoria

and is the same level as me

on the other side of the valley which holds an entire CBD

from the dining room window in the day

set at ninety degrees to the kitchen ones

i can see shreds of snow still on the tops of the tararua's

if i open the door, the vernal winds will dust the house for me.