taste of a dreamless frontier

I dare say the poetry’s been kicked right out of me.
Done broke the legs off
Smithereens

I collapse
Forfeit with dust between my teeth, taste of a dreamless frontier
Manifest in shambles
A pioneer with a wagon, destined for shelter, found and counted

I dare say the sheen on this life has just about done me in
Been shattering
I’m ruined in the palm of safety