The Inutility of Post-Mortem Celebrity

Another dead celebrity
That I've never heard of.
The media seems to love
To exalt the near-nonentity.
When they've passed beyond the veil,
Suddenly we're told to hail
Lives lived in a minor key,
By Z-list celebrities.

It's just a little late
To grant them recognition,
When they've met their fate,
And ceased from cogitation.

If only they could have made a splash
In the media while alive,
They might have made some useful cash.

Sad it is, but also daft,
That all we want to read of them
Is their epitaph.