The Almighty Almost or I Was Seduced in a Bar by Jean-Paul Sartre

what we have here (he said) is imperfection
which is all we have
which is perfect
actually
count it
one life
one day
one minute
one breath
joined (join with me, he said) with intense longing

the product of which is unimportant, think about it
the process
the struggle
the almost (he said factually)
is all we have