[Dominate]

Halo:
It’s definitely not a pit bull or even a bully breed / fighting dog in the pic, so that had me a little peeved right off the bat lol. So I do have a bit of an issue with your take on the topic because if that but okay, let’s see what you did with it…
Yeah cool, this was a bit better than I thought it would be. I liked the story, and it all tied together really nicely - I’ve said your verses lack cohesion before but there was none of that here. Thought this was pretty good. The rhymes and flow feel a bit like a free flow stream of consciousness type of deal but it works.

Scar:
I much preferred your take on the topic. A reflection on the friendship between man and dog. I think it fit the mood of the picture a lot better. And the breed of dog. But beyond that,

No explanation of why we sent him there
Lie down! Play dead! How does this rendered fair?

With grace he strutted against the Appalachian backdrop
The trout sprouting as the prairie dogs raced to escape the red fox

Engaged in few words, a gift that’s ended
A magic rendered as man’s best friend

^ these lines have your voice. The one in the middle had some dope imagery.

And then if I’m being honest, I’m veeeeeerrrry suspicious that the rest was written by ChatGPT. There’s the single syllable rhymes, the grammar (use of semi colons, commas at the end of lines, and periods after a four bar stanza), and just the kind of good but soulless quality of the writing — none of which is your usual style.

I think you had a great idea for the piece and wrote a couple of good bars towards it, then ran out of time and outsourced the rest of it.

Voting for Halo. Even if I’m wrong about ChatGPT, the multi syllabic rhymes vs single syllables are a big factor for me, and I felt more of an emotional pull to Halo’s verse despite thinking he had the weaker take on the topic.