Uhhh....didn't you get the memo? The preferred term is " homeless, differently-enabled, gender-liberated, free-to-be-me, eco-friendly, carbon-free lifeform". Pay attention, it is a huge Democrat voting block that always delivers on election eve at the 12th hour.
Also strike the term "compost" when referring to such.
Dang it. I said “dead” when I meant “differently vital”...