I am Going to Quit My Job by Brittany Thomas

To build birdhouses for the albatross that live on Laysan.

To clean up the plastic on the beach so there’s room

for the birdhouses I’m going to build

for the albatross that live on Laysan.

To figure out the plural of ‘albatross’.

To learn three facts about the albatross:

That they live longer than my great-grandfather,

That once fledged, they rarely touch the earth, and

That they are monogamous.

To read about how climate change is causing albatross divorces,

‘Albatrosses do not divorce the way humans do’, says the article.

To learn the plural of albatross is albatrosses,

according to an article about albatross divorce.

To unbreak a bird heart, to teach them polyamory, to give them community.

To build something like home on another shore.

To hold Home in my heart like a beacon.

To live like a bird who stands on one leg in the rain,

waiting for my wings to come in.