Explorer of Wands

plans
by Kate Hargreaves

I’m leaving town to felt shirts
out of belly-button lint
got big plans for the coast
    where snow doesn’t harden
    and you can leave keys in your door
    making proposals to salt water

I’ll learn to weave long underwear
out of barber shop trimmings
melt acrylic nails down for windowpanes
and pulp utility bills into letter stock

I’ve been collecting eggshells to grind into pills
to re-set my bones and fix my legs to the soil
drawing ink from avocado pits
and lining sills with water glasses
tying my shoelaces to bike racks
so I don’t wander back east

I’ll commit to the coast
to polish my toes in the sand
and tumble shards and nails into gems
wrap the remnants in gold wire
layer scarves in the winter
and mail the dust back home

Kate Hargreaves (she/her) is the author of four books, including the poetry collections tend and Leak (both Book*hug). She works in post-secondary and researches trauma-informed pedagogies in higher education. She also runs, roller skates, cycles, and talks too much about her cats.