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November 14, 2025 · Source: Medium

My House is Bigger in My Memory

On childhood homes, sisterhood across continents, and why everything feels larger when we’re small.

Voice7
Lyric intensity6
The line8
Mind under feeling7
Held shape8
Literary mean 7.2 / 10

Highlights

The balcony was the size of a regret.
The line

Voice

Distinct Delhi-nostalgia rhythm, though some fragments feel a bit too polished.

Lyric intensity

Concrete imagery like the 'tamba tumbler' and 'mosaic flooring' anchors the memory.

Mind under feeling

Moves from physical space to the psychic expansion of time and memory.

Held shape

Strong structural circularity: from insomnia phone calls back to late-night calls.

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