Dope take. I've used a similar theme before (vs. @
Frank I believe?) the flow for the most part was your biggest asset, the shorter line lengths definitely helped in that regard. It made for a smooth read through the opening quartet before we got to the 'body' of the verse. The first line in there reminded me of Cypress Hill's "Insane in the membrane" LOL. I liked the metaphor of you being the symbolism of the picture, the tree, you embodied it and tied in your board personality to the budding tree we see. "Let us meet on Saturday night" was pretty cool, I thought, as the showdown is when verses were (meant to be) posted. I never thought I'd see Nietscche and M. Bison mentioned in the same sentence so that made me laugh too. The ending felt like a jab at Innovator for some reason but then seemed to come back to the topic at hand - that one line is long as hell, but otherwise it was a very dope read. Original and creative. Shame Self no-showed because he would have made this a fun battle and a tough contest.
Keep that pen moving!