not quite, is worthless to me

nearly, leaves something out

close, makes me think of a charging rhino that the bullet was just off a bit

game over

almost speaks of less than is required, and what good is that

almost may be encouraging to a child trying to accomplish a new task

but as an adult it means not good enough

almost is the bane of our society, a plague that let’s us off the hook for not making the necessary grade

so we settle for less and in the end we are left with almost a happy life

who in the hell wants that

do or don’t do, but if you start from the position that almost will be good enough

you are wasting your time and that is the truth, not almost the truth