一二十三年之后,在希斯罗机场与边检官的交谈是简短的:“商务还是消遣?”“您认为葬礼属于哪一种?”他摆摆手让我过关。二二十三年前,为了让这位边检官的前任放行我,我耗费了近两小时。坦白地说,责任在我。我当时刚刚离开俄国,打算途径伦敦去美国,因为我被邀请参加伦敦的国际诗歌节。我手里没有护照,只有一张美国人签发的过境签证, Twenty-three years later, the conversation with the prosecutor at Heathrow Airport was short: “Business or entertainment?” “What kind of funeral do you think?” "He waved his hand and let me pass. Twenty-three years ago, I spent nearly two hours in order to allow the former prosecutor’s predecessor to release me. To be honest, it’s my responsibility. I just left Russia at that time and planned to go to London to London because I was invited to join London’s International Poetry Festival. I have no passport in my hand and only one transit visa issued by a U.S. citizen.