cyph her: This was excellent. You drove home the mood with your somber phrasing, which occasionally jumped from the screen. "We even shared the same home, alone." That was a standout just because of the tone of it and the way something so simple can seem so unique and multifaceted. Coming Home didn't have to be so sad, but you really made it work even though you took the straight-forward approach. The rhymes were a bit wonky, though, and some of the flow was excellent while other spots bumped a bit clumsily. I didn't know what to expect, but I enjoyed this verse.
Zenland: There were parts of this I loved, The four lines starting with "It ain't working" were rather tremendous. The stuff about rehab was OK but a bit too cliché and nonspecific, like you didn't flesh out this rehab facility as a real place but rather as a blur of a stereotypical rehab. That may have been intentional, but it didn't hit the note of the unendingness of rehab that you seemed to be going for. The ending, though, had potential but was written in such a way that you weren't even sure you should write it like that, not only because of the "Awwwwww." Your rhymes, as per usual, were great. There are moments where you hit a dull boy-esque level, mostly because you always seem sarcastically depressed.
Vote: cyph her
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