Mahdi Meshkatee is a UK-born, Iranian poet, author, and artist who has struggled with deciphering the human condition for as long as he can remember. His poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art has appeared or is forthcoming in Ink in Thirds, GAS, The Ekphrastic Review, Nude Bruce Review, Carolina Muse, and elsewhere. He is a huge fan of Arsenal, dotes on the smell of wet soil on an Autumn evening, and dreams of a kinder world.