Certain: Perfect word usage. That seems to be your strong suit each and every week. It's a very impressive ability to drop the vocab that you do and still maintain the flow. Nice. The story was cool. A sociopath who can't feel, but it was the lead in at the beginning that I thought was the coolest part. As a reader I thought if would be a heartfelt story of a man losing his father but then the tone shifted and it became about a man unable to cry. Very interesting take on the topic. Well done.
Frank: Vintage Frank right here. Reminded me of the piece you did last season about the bum looking for warmth, but this mechanically was the most well crafted piece from you I've ever read. Creativity wise I can only think of one verse more creative and that was the Truman piece, but the emotional impact of this was very strong. This is a perfect example of why you're my favorite writer in the league right now.
I really enjoyed Certain's take this week. I especially thought going in the opposite direction with the topic (a man who couldn't cry) was very creative, but after reading Frank's verse which was packed with emotion, that ended up hurting Certain imo. Great battle regardless.
V/Frank
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