The Tortoise

My mother says I'm slow

well

my mother

my employers

my lovers

have all complained about the length of time

I require

and I am slow

every thought

every action

every task

is carried out with as much

caution, efficiency, and grace 

as possible

and with as little

noise, damage, wrong 

as possible 

and then analyzed upon completion

so that I may improve upon my method 

upon my madness

so yes

I have missed

buses

deadlines

opportunities

but nobody does anything quite as well as I do