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Two white men carrying briefcases walk in on a congressional meeting held by African leaders dressed in Western attire. Clapping at the president who resembles Léopold Senghor. He uses words like “revolutionary” and “independence” and they garner an applause.
If I cross paths with myself on the sidewalk, I’m not sure I will recognize my own face.
The sewing machines have been pushed aside to a far-off world, but I can still hear their thumping
Hazem Fahmy was a finalist for the 2019 Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest and this poem appeared in our arts anthology Allies.
On any map in any so-called season, I can recognize myself at least once.
Lost in the stillness of her stare, a dangerous watery horizon appears, and then she removes her mask.
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