They share stories of the Other Place
Just across the mound.
Rumors of the Consumers
Heard but never found.

It’s said they overthrew kings
And replaced them with cats
Shed their restrictive clothes
Made them decorative mats.

Consumers of the Little Things
Hedonists without Shame
Abandoning Glory
Their titles and fame.

Heretics run loose
Squandering the weekends
Preaching about sunsets
Puppies, coffee, and good friends.

Monsoon in bed,
Fruity Pebbles on sale,
No alarm weekends,
Finding the Holy Grail

What fools are the consumers
See ‘All that glitters is sold’
Such is as it must
For so the mystics foretold.