Nothing Special - Matthew Kohut

Thirty years ago in a city I’ve forgotten,

fading sunlight on an October afternoon

captured a half-dozen strangers

standing alone together at a bus stop 

as one mass silhouette,

nothing special about any of us—

a cluster of ash, birch, and cedar 

casting a single shadow across a field

Originally published by Leaping Clear, Fall 2020

Matthew Kohut is a Pushcart-nominated poet whose work has appeared in publications including Tar River Poetry, Clackamas Literary Review, and Watershed Review. He is the author or co-author of three books of nonfiction.