Amanda Palmer, 'Poem for Dzhokhar' [UPDATE] - Responses Better Than TED Talk, Kickstarter, Twitter, Armpits and Her Eyebrows Combined

Once again, Amanda Palmer is being assailed for her A-R-T.

This time, though, it's another poet taking her "Poem for Dzhokhar" to task.

And while Thom Dunn's "Poem for Amanda Palmer" isn't likely to be featured in Classicalite's "April Jazz" series--much less our National Poetry Month Chapbook--it's still worth sharing, all the same.

Here, then, is Mr. Dunn's poesie re-posted in all its awfully scathing entirety...

"POEM FOR AMANDA PALMER"

you don't know that there are ways of responding to tragedy without being narcissistic and self-serving

you don't know how a national crisis and the death of at least three innocent people could not be about you

you don't know that you don't need to take advantage of every single situation by turning it into another outlet for arrogant self-promotion that excuses itself from criticism by somehow pretending to be quote-unquote performance art

you don't know how to stop

you don't know what it's like to live without the comfort net of privilege that has supported you your entire life

you don't know why you have to keep explaining your art to people who just don't get it

you don't know how to explore the mind and perspective of an alleged killer in a provocative or intriguing way but you still insist on doing so

you don't know that this isn't about you

you don't know that this isn't about you

you don't know that this isn't about you

you don't know that this isn't about you

Editor's Note: Thom Dunn's "Poem for Amanda Palmer" is waaay better than what follows: