Lifestory
By Kathryn Collins
A single drop of bath oil rests
hesitant
on the bottle lip. It quivers,
shivering in pockets of cold that rise
in whirlpools of steam.
Until friction,
that inexorable bitch, snaps,
plunging the drop to a sudsy dip
and inevitable demise.
Kathryn Collins’ essays and poetry have been published in Burner Mag, The Rumpus, Vocal Media, and Bank Heavy Press. She recently received her MA in Professional Fiction Writing from the University of Denver, and currently works as a librarian. After a long period as an expat in Germany, Israel and Australia, she has returned home to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.