To a stranger who has died

[AmyMichelleMosier]

To a stranger who has died
   Money is nontransferable –
That the Egyptians tried –
   The kings – they’re unconsolable –

But I know of things that follow:
   A reputation is transferable –
Fame – too – worth much in gold
   As well as a pretty caricature –

Others will take their talents
   And I – by a memory that’s perfect –
Will take – cheating osmosis –
   My poems with me into death.