The Penultimate Frontier

"Now I think senseless is actually the problem in the Penultimate's penultimate stanza -- it's kind of a blah word now that it's been hijacked by journalists (such a senseless waste of human life etc). "

Yeh - that is a shame, because I was using 'senseless' to convey the idea of an absence of senses - insentient. Why am I telling you this? (i.e. explaining what you already know) Somewhat senseless (of me) I guess :>.
Journalists...really no better than poets - bastards.

I like the "--delete--" suggestion, it has an air of finality whilst emphasising the 'cutting-room floor' inference.

I'm now entering disintegration mode - so, many happy wrappings and tomorrow is already a new today...