B is for Burden
By Martins Deep
Martins Deep (he/him) is a Nigerian poet, photographer & boy child advocate. He is passionate about documenting muffled stories of the African experience in his poetry & visual art. His creative works have appeared or are forthcoming in Barren Magazine, Chestnut Review, Mineral Lit Mag, Agbowó Magazine, Surburban Review, Kalopsia Literary Journal, Kalahari Review, Variant Literature, IceFloe Press & elsewhere. He loves to listen to jazz & classical music. He also adores the songs of Jenn Johnson, Amanda Cook, Taya Smith. This boy dreams of reincarnating as a singing owl nesting on the shoulder of a pianist child prodigy. Wave to him on Twitter: @martinsdeep1.