who are these people

you feel out of touch these days.
having no clue
as to who
these people are on the news.
constantly, everyday.
it seems important,
that we care about
them,
their divorces,
a beating, a lie,
the train wreck of their lives,
some sort of scandal
that makes them duck
and wear dark sunglasses,
trying to hide. they're
in and out of rehab, bankrupt,
and homeless, then
back on top again, with
new husbands,
new wives, children on the way,
the troubled ones
left behind.
do they make music,
what music.
do they act, do they do anything
you've ever seen
or heard?
each with a book on the way
about how,
despite everything, they
survived.