Aim for the gap, sure,
but the gap narrows
and the gap narrows
and to continue to get through
you must thin down,
let go of much of what you had,
much of what you were,
so that each time less
comes out the other side.
It's not ideal.
But it's real.
It's the way through
until through ceases to be a way.
Aim.  Contract.  Go.