INCH

INCH

slowly
inch by inch

ripple
by ripple

you and me imagining
we are edging
closer to Heaven

closer to the truth
(whatever
that might be)
about the Universe
about ourselves

in this post-everything
world we currently inhabit
post-modern, post-structural,
post-punk, post-capitalist,
psychedelic,
        funkadelic

where
    you and me
doing the best that we can
at every turn failing

focused on
     completing
this ancient ritual (at
least its
bare essentials

basic equation)