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An Ulsterman considers his passport John Hewitt: The Frontier At the frontier the long train slows to a stop Small men in uniform drift down the corridor Thumb passports, or withdraw for consultation The customs officers chalk the bags and leave us to shut them. We pass here into another allegiance Expect new postage stamps, new prices, manifestoes And brace ourselves for the change. But the landscape does Not alter We had already entered these mountains an hour ago.