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December 12, 2025 · Source: Medium

My Issue With Ghosts

Entities with unlimited powers and zero output.

Voice8
Lyric intensity5
The line9
Mind under feeling7
Held shape7
Literary mean 7.2 / 10

Highlights

Universe built black holes. You built a draft" is a perfect punchline.
The line

Voice

The snarky, conversational millennial exasperation feels intensely authentic and consistent throughout.

Lyric intensity

Humor replaces poetry; 'emotionally unstable brinjal' is vivid but the imagery remains flat.

Mind under feeling

The 'envy as annoyance' angle flips the script on traditional horror tropes.

Held shape

Moves well from critique to the 'dream life' realization, ending on challenge.

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