The enormity of the tasks never intimidate them,
bureaucrats will keep at a job meticulously
without showing signs of fatigue or boredom.

Indifferent and with the determination
of someone looking to level a mountain
using nothing but an index finger

to pull down one inch of dirt at a time.
To make the mission succeed,
other bureaucrats soon join in.

I have come to appreciate the slow motion
of the bureaucratic train.
Even if it derails, it can still get back on track.

There is wisdom in being slow: ask the turtle
how its shell grew tougher with each slow step it took.
The thickness provided her much desired protection.