Frontier Thesis

It came out of the American forest, and it gained new strength each time it touched a new Frontier

She came out of the American forest, and she gained new strength each time she touched a new Frontier

A continent not promised to me
No latency of pillaging eyes
A perpetual dust storm, an eternal unbelong
Digging my spurs into the craggy fur of trauma
My trusty stallion of broken porcelain, slammed doors Moraine of earnest lonesome carrying me

My peculiarly American tendencies Rooting in Tennessee strum Lusting in New York lethargy Aching in California Spanish Sleeping in Missouri inquietude

Needing of a haircut and an old friend Say fearfully-- growing!
The changes of an expanding myself The shimmering frontier winking back

Let it be so that I do not conquer anything or anyone but my own lonesomeness.