Tar

by Scott Jann

He was on time once,
maybe twice.
He does such silly things,
tedious things,
that take so long,
because he needs to do them perfectly.
It takes him too long to even get started
doing something that he does slowly.

When you pour water,
it pours quickly,
normally,
but when you pour warm gooey tar,
it drips slow,
like thick syrup.