This is not new

pic of Ann Baker's work in progress

This is not new:

this compendium of colour,

this bright offering of differences,

this matt and sparkle,

this crochet and knit,

this wool and gem.

This is not new.

This is not new.

In the secrecy of a womb

this knitting is collated,

life, patterned and unpatterned

slowly generating

dna spiralling.

This is not new.

This is not new.

This is family:

straddling generations,

experiences, expectations.

This is not new.

This is community:

spanning culture

colour, belief.

This is not new.

This is world:

interwoven

dissimilar

but not

disparate.