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Resume Themes
Little Words, Big Ideas
Death (Suicide)
When every single line in a poem weighs the potential downsides of killing oneself in a particular way, chances are that the poem is doing a little bit of reflecting on the up-sides and the down-si...
Choices
When you think about it, "Resume" is like a shopping catalogue of ways our speaker could end her life. It's got options, short analyses, and even a suggestion about the best way to proceed. W...
Passivity
Who would've guessed that the only thing harder than waking up day after miserable day would beā¦finding an easy way to end one's own life? When we said "Resume" was a dark comedy, we meant it: th...