Red Marlboro, A Classy Way to Commit Suicide

"It is what it is

Life kibbling souls bit by bit"

This is the third stage that people undergo after entering the society. People are getting used to being gnawed by life bit by bit.

"Grinning

Smirking

Sniggering"

Finally, people stop bitching about life because they know it clear that it wont make a difference.

"Will you tell me anything about yourself?

Why do you refuse?

What is wanted?"

This are the three questions that Bartleby has been asked in Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street. The questions that Bartleby is asked are like the questions, difficulties or dilemmas that people are eventually going to face at some point in their lives.

"I prefer not to

I prefer not to

At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable

Relishing souls crumbling

It is what it is"

Unlike newbies, people in this stage have lost the interest and enthusiasm to cope with troubles. "I prefer not to" and "at present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable" are the replies that Bartleby has given in the book. Being passive aggressive towards life are the destination that people will one day reach to.

Caster, Ready to Suffer

"Lump of rotting meat

Stripped in delicate gowns

Dragging themselves across the road

Suffocating in

Life"

This is a poem that describes the second stage that people go through after they enter the society. This is the stage when people react to the difficulties in the society passive aggressively. People start to accept the fact that they are doomed to suffer in lives.

"Breathe in

Breathe out

Smoke creeping within bodies

Temperately rescued"

Bohem 3 from the last poem is lighter and more beginner-friendly comparing to caster 3 in this poem. If Bohem 3 is for people to go through the struggles and have the strength to move on, caster 3 are for people who realize that there is no meaning to move on in life.

"Fire burn

And burn

And burn"

Cigarettes for people in this stage simply ease their pain instead of give them strength.

"Times up

Back to life"

However, after finishing a cigarette, people go back to work unwillingly. Still suffering even though they know that they can barely make a difference.

Bohem, the Very First Pack of Cigarette

"I am a singer without a voice

I am a dancer without legs

I am pure

I must thrive"

This is a poem that represents the first stage that people are experiencing when they first got into the society. These are the people who are still enthusiastic and confident of what they are and may be capable of.

"The world is cruel

Yet not terrifying

I will survive"

Despite difficulties encountered and exertions crushing people's mind, these people are still willing to strive for success no matter at what cost.

"I cannot be good

I must be perfection

I can be perfection

Perfection is not good enough"

For these people, it is not others' expectations that they are trying to fulfill, but their own ambitions that drives them to perform better. They have the confidence for what they are and will be capable to accomplish now and in the future.

"Keep singing

Keep dancing

Keep struggling"

Nothing crushes these people's minds. They believe in themselves and believe that the world will finally see them and grant them the opportunity to shine like a star.

"The world is terrifying

Will I survive"

However, cruel as the reality is, they finally started to doubt not only the world but also themselves.