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Black Book: Your piece was pretty on point. You kind of took the more general symbolic route, which I'm not usually a fan of, but you pulled it off well. Rhyming and flow were solid. My favorite line was "The world won't stop turning, seismic plates will still shift, but in humanity, you will find the real rift." It was pretty thought-provoking and contained a lot of heavy stuff. My only real problem with your verse is that it didn't have any story or cohesive plot at all, which, in my opinion, is a pretty big part of topicals. The position you took wasn't bad, but it didn't really directly incorporate any details of the picture at all, which cost you some points in my book.
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Dave: You took a more literal, narrative route, and I think that helped you. Flow wasn't quite as good as BB in my opinon, but I think that might have been because of differences in accent. On top of that, you had lots of imagery, which was a big plus. I also thought the twist at the end was really original; most people would have just talked about the epic struggle with the shark and left it at that, but I really liked how you turned it around and made it so the shark had really given up at that point.
All in all, this was a clash of two styles, and I'm giving it to the one I thought addressed the topic better.
MVGT: Dave