[asylum]

Vulgar – I enjoyed how your first stanza played very well off current political issues and the fact the corporate agenda driving both sides of it literally are trying to make the wider populace unable to feed themselves. Your branch off into the next stanza was a bit abrupt, I’m sure you’ll make up for it. ..
This stanza, you could have left Mildred without a name. Or that was a reference way over my head, just felt like stab at character development you could’ve done without. This was better off as a topical, imho.
(From what I’ve comprehended so far, of course.) Honestly man, this piece had an epic tone throughout like you were trying to say something. I grasped ahold of bits and pieces of it. Yet, I sense.. you meant a little more than I tasted with my own.. Very nice work. Left me wanting more and yet, I was simultaneously fulfilled by your comprehension of a broad sense of human emotion I feel you portrayed.. My favorite parts..

“Mouths gaped open, crooning from Bombay to Iceland - no conspiracies to leak
appearances were bleak, people forgot the wrongs and the rights
Devolved overnight, but why? Neither zombies nor apes, just delirious & weak
not a soul remained, except one, to recite funeral rites and preach”
“you see, in this brainless age, potholes sucked. Snapped ankles.
Crippled bystanders - they shuffled their feet, and became entangled
Ned went to the library's roof, looked out at the city, wondered if he was alone
was this a eugenics experiment gone awry? Governments deemed it unknown
He walked through a maze of cubicles toward a room he locked every day
I Am Legend sat on his cot, an old copy of Soylent Green on top of a crate”

Your use of references was enjoyed throughout. Great work. Bit rushed if I may.
You really gambled on your audience reading each of those pieces you quoted or referenced, luckily I have.

Certain- first of all, your opening scheme was entrancing. I enjoyed how you took a stab at your opponent by dropping “mice and men,” in the midst of your piece. We are an internet family after all, right? Might as well. I enjoyed it. I was at times simultaneously enthralled with the plight of your character’s and my own. I enjoyed that. However, I truly think you relied on that crux. Bit short mate.
Strongest point,
“And as each plot twists, us vagrants have learned
to head straight at each curve,
to wander under the cover of night,
to lick our fingertips and look for something to find.
A confederacy of hunches with a touch of denial,
she grounded us in fact as fiction muzzled a smile.
Each chilly day muddled with the spice of gin,
squeaking and stumbling through like mice and men.”

MVGT- reading a second time to make sure I’m deciding right..
I simply have to give this to vulgar there was so much more to chew on. I enjoyed Certain’s angle but as far as the final product is concerned, Vulgar produced more. He also produced some quality material. I think Certain came off the starting line a bit more prepared and delivered a more efficient package, but overall Vulgar took this battle for sure in my honest and humble opinion. Great work from both. Certain almost took this on some poetic shit but.. it wasn't AS GREAT.

Thank you for the reads, gentlemen. Truly.