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Diablo: stellar writing in the first 4 lines right from the get go. A captivating story from beginning to end. The twist has been done before but the way you did it made it so it wasn't predictable and hit at an emotional level. Great similies, metaphors and flow throughout. Balanced in terms of rhymeschemes, nothing jaw dropping but it didn't have to be with bits and pieces of cool set ups and there.

Relatable in the sense that I've never been doing meth or heroin myself but had a friend for a while where we escaped with weed for about a year until that wasn't enough for him. He took the step to amphetamine, and I have no idea how he's doing now cus he withdrew from everyone and moved back in with his mom who is an alcoholic herself. Just a sad story from beginning to end. I was by his side a lot despite not wanting to join his adventures with that stuff. In the end he too made dope his one and only companion that kicked him to the curb.

Mmlp: starting off decent and I like where you're taking me as a reader.

Humanities damaged, as the weight of the worlds sanity, hangs in the balance.
^thought this was cool in relation to the topic.

Not digging the mention of the pandemic tbh. Ye, we're all in it, kinda tired of hearing about it personally, especially how it seems to be mentioned in at least one piece each week. Pharaohs army did it as well this week. Even if it is a tie in to the crack/dope pandemic it's difficult to not make the connection to something recent as well.

I like the piece as a whole and the message you're bringing along. Got to make the best of it etc. That said, it's already in most peoples minds, and this league is a great escape from what we're already facing. So this kind of approach was rather "meh" to me.

Overall it was a cool read. Could tell you put time into this.

Vote: Diablo. Dope (pun intended) af interpretation and execution of the piece. Mmlp had a cool verse as well but stacked against Diablo it's difficult for anyone to snatch a w from. Cool battle and could tell both of you put time into this. Good stuff