on the cusp, cusp, points bridging gaps, the jump from one level to the next, people get stepped on, people get hurt, the bar is raised the not every pole jumper can reach it, like the Saturn V, releasing stages, gathering enough momentum, not being weighted down, going to the moon and back, some things are left behind, but someday, to reach the stars, to visit planets far removed, its a journey one foot in front of the other these are the things, like dolphins surging through water, jumping out into the air, a mighty icebreaker, surging surging, not surge but mountain dew, doing that, going there, finding a new envelope