Celebrity

An age uncertain of itself
embraces and flatters celebrity.
No longer able to know anything,
it settles for elevating
someone to certainty.
The reassuring or disturbing
faces on the screen
ease the uneasy tension
of having to decide.
No reflection is required.
He is there; she is there.
You know what you are told,
and that is more than nothing,
and that is just enough.
Have yourself another drink.
Relax, enjoy, forget to think.