Contributor: Delvon T. Mattingly

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She argued her presence
justified a more profound love,
as she reiterated to another
that the distance between them
was temporary. I’m unsure
which of us believed her more.


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Delvon T. Mattingly, who also goes by D.T. Mattingly, is an emerging creative writer and a PhD student in epidemiology at the University of Michigan.

Contributor: Delvon T. Mattingly

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It’s just one of those days, you say,

Till you repeat this every day.

It’s just one of those days,

And your apathy bleeds,

Into everything you create.

One of those days,

And your depression,

It fails to go away.

Those days,

End it now,

You say.


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Delvon T. Mattingly, who also goes by D.T. Mattingly, is an emerging creative writer and a PhD student in epidemiology at the University of Michigan.