I Say Archetype, and: A Toast

Wendy Videlock

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I Say Archetype, and: A Toast
Wendy Videlock (bio)

I Say Archetype

I say archetype, but I really meanmessenger.

I say poet butI’m really saying bootlegger.I say TSE, but secretly

I think I meanThe Mariner.I say fate, mountain,

river, wind,when perhaps I mean inheritor. [End Page 156]

A Toast

Here’s tothe innardsand ubersand blossomsand tubersand under

whelmersand bentfendersand outerlimnsand bigbangers

the saintsand rakesand heronsand drakesand inner littleearthquakes. [End Page 157]

Wendy Videlock

Wendy Videlock is the author of Nevertheless (Able Muse, 2011) and The Dark Gnu (Able Muse, 2013), an illustrated book of poems. Her work can also be found in many journals and magazines, including Poetry.

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