Platitudes
by Todd Cheney — Read all 47 poems by Todd Cheney
Thursday, February 12, 2004
I.
In the fires
Are forged
The weapons
of
Despair
Only truth
Cuts through
The ugly
There
II.
A friend
To all
Is not
A friend
To one
A person
All
Does not
Please
Oneself
III.
The tower
Is
A very lonely
Place
A power
Hard—
Impossible
to Place
IV.
When all
Great
People pass
Through Hell
Recognize the
Populace
Their
Banshee
Call
V.
The way
To knowledge
Rife with
Fear
Only the
Most tenacious
Conquer
Their
Failure
There
The Seventh Circle
Ch'erie