The dining room was being prepared,
A banquet for many was to be held.
The silver banqueting ornaments
Laid in the middle of the table,
The cutlery was carefully laid,
Each item precisely put down
At exactly the same distance
From the tables edge
On the pristine white cloth.
When all was set the young waiter spoke,
He was about to put the name tags
Onto all the places laid.
He spoke to the butler and asked
“Who should I put where,
There are so many important people
They will want to be in the right place,
The place they feel they should be?”
The butler, a man of great experience
Looked at the waiter and said these words,
“The people who matter don’t care,
The people who care don’t matter.”