The Undiscovered Country

By Peter Henry (from The Minus Times Collected edited by Hunter Kennedy)

I've got places to be. I mean that most constructively.

Still, I'm not allowed to pass through.I mill around in the loyalty-free shop, walking into the dressing room with a full belly & leaving hungry. I gaze longingly at my own reflection-- who am I & why not?

At customs, I declare my best, intentions. I am persistent as a severed finger, I say. I am hon…