Enter a Justice clothing store
in Syracuse, New York.
Inquire whether an item
bought at that location
can be returned
in a Canadian branch.
The attendant
consults the chain directory.
“Sorry, Sir”
she raises her eyes,
“There is no Justice in Canada.”
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, writes for Blacklock’s each and every Sunday)
