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Angel Raptors<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Callie Lau<\/strong>\n \n April 21, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Zeus stript me<\/p>\n

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As a child<\/p>\n

Cherry-boned, marble-chested,<\/p>\n

Though not quite servile.<\/p>\n

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He loves me<\/p>\n

The way I told him<\/p>\n

Not to.<\/p>\n

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Whips gold-veined pancakes<\/p>\n

With an extra plating of sickly-sweet syrup<\/p>\n

Hydrogen sulfide blisters and purple hiccups<\/p>\n

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Lingering in my throat<\/p>\n

Breakfast is pulpy and wet and warm and it stains.<\/p>\n

A gluttonous guillotine.<\/p>\n

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Touch me there<\/p>\n

Like the reptilian predator you are.<\/p>\n

Feed me treats, like,<\/p>\n

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You are loved,<\/p>\n

Then read me<\/p>\n

My rights. Love,<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing to forgive, though<\/em><\/p>\n

It hurts<\/em><\/p>\n

Every now and then. The end<\/em><\/p>\n

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Of all things clear<\/em>. He dips<\/p>\n

My pupils scar\u2014<\/p>\n

Let my screams<\/p>\n

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Drip down your sleazy cavities as you gilded mine.<\/p>\n

Sorry<\/p>\n

I did filter your briny basilisk eggs<\/p>\n

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From my lap\u2014<\/p>\n

Folded gossamer napkins<\/p>\n

Over every open eye<\/p>\n

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And laid them, oozing<\/p>\n

In wicker baskets.<\/p>\n

But I will not fuck<\/p>\n

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A living creature<\/p>\n

Out of starlight<\/p>\n

For crooks like you.<\/p>\n

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Pancake batter<\/p>\n

Stuffed and sewn and soaked beneath<\/p>\n

Your wretched serpentine fingertips<\/p>\n

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Strumming the lullaby<\/p>\n

Of a thieving<\/p>\n

Angel raptor.<\/p>\n

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Pulpy, and wet, and warm.<\/p>\n

But god you\u2019re not quite slick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Callie Lau<\/strong> is an interdisciplinary storyteller, painter, and singer-songwriter. Currently, Callie is an undergraduate student at USC pursuing a Narrative Studies BA with a minor in Music Industry, and is a member of the cinema fraternity, Delta Kappa Alpha. Inspired by her favorite artists Sylvia Plath, FKA Twigs, and Michelangelo, Callie imbues her poetry with incongruous aesthetics and the transgressive power of femininity. Her recent single and music video, \u201cTragedies in July,\u201d can be found on Spotify and YouTube.<\/p>\n

You can follow Callie on Instagram<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-1945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2023","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAngel Raptors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2023\/angel-raptors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Angel Raptors - Palaver Arts Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2023\/angel-raptors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palaver Arts Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/palaver.arts.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-21T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T00:54:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2023\/06\/palaver-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"710\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"198\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"akcannon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/palaver\\\/spring-2023\\\/angel-raptors\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/palaver\\\/spring-2023\\\/angel-raptors\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"akcannon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\\\/palaver\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ac801b3c8176b6860207b43ecbe9e78\"},\"headline\":\"Angel Raptors\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-21T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T00:54:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/palaver\\\/spring-2023\\\/angel-raptors\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\\\/palaver\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Poetry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Issue 13: Spring 2023\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/palaver\\\/spring-2023\\\/angel-raptors\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/palaver\\\/spring-2023\\\/angel-raptors\\\/\",\"name\":\"Angel Raptors - 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