The little wooden boat
On the bathtub tray
Breaks my heart.

But it was utter peace
I found, sitting
On the cold white tiles.

RON KOLM is a member of the Unbearables and a contributing editor of Sensitive Skin. He is the author of Divine Comedy, Suburban Ambush, Duke & Jill, Night Shift and a new collection of poems, A Change in the Weather. Ron’s papers were purchased by the New York University library, where they’ve been catalogued in the Fales Library.