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November 20, 2025 · Source: Medium

Scientific Explanation of Why I Can’t Wake Up on Time

A letter to my very Indian mother with chappal throwing skills of an Indian Cricketer.

Voice6
Lyric intensity4
The line8
Mind under feeling5
Held shape7
Literary mean 6.0 / 10

Highlights

By 9AM, my dopamine becomes a government employee: ‘Baad mein aana.’
The line

Voice

Chatty, online-infant style using relatable cultural tropes and hyperbolic millennial humor.

Lyric intensity

Concrete humor in 'AI cat killing a peacock and wearing its feathers'.

Mind under feeling

Moves from biological excuses to the 'optimism bias' of a delusional morning.

Held shape

Good closure; 'if the sun wanted me awake' echoes intro's relativity.

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