Abstract
At the Door to the Conference, I Beg the White Guard to Let Me In Hazem Fahmy (bio) Badge & ID. I have it, I swear:I paid, I paid. Sorry,it is his job. Nothingpersonal. I knowit is low stakes; an upset pebblerolling into the ocean—not a job,or healthcare. If I don't get in,I will survive. I knowit's just security;protocol—all for mysafety. But, I knowa houndwhen I see one, I countthe steps from hereto a border,to a checkpoint. [End Page 72] I stand at the doorbegging this white guardto believe me when I say I amwho I say I am. Look,it's me in the picture. (I amsmiling). It was a good daywhen I took that picture. [End Page 73] Hazem Fahmy Hazem Fahmy is a Pushcart-nominated poet and critic from Cairo. He is currently pursuing his ma in Middle Eastern Studies and Film Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. His debut chapbook, Red//Jild//Prayer won the 2017 Diode Editions Contest. A Kundiman and Watering Hole Fellow, his poetry has appeared, or is forthcoming in Apogee, AAWW, the Boston Review and The Offing. His performances have been featured on Button Poetry and Write About Now. He is a reader for the Shade Journal, and a contributing writer to Film Inquiry. Copyright © 2021 University of Nebraska Press
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