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"The felon's a finifugal fellow, Watson, so it will take precise planning to pinch him" said Holmes, picking at a speck of dust

As a young man I was finifugal
Fastidious and precise -
The older me is more of a muddle
Life makes you pay its price

"Finifugal" (from Kelvin Clone) - good things can come in the tiniest of packages

The watchmaker's craft -
Finifugal mechanics
Lives ticking away

Finifugal - °finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate