Four EGO Editors - Ayesha, Sonia, Samar and Marko, spent Saturday afternoon drinking bloody marys, and chatting with Daniel and Elijah about the inexplicable sex appeal of mortgage rates, brilliant novellas about nothing, family dogs that die unexpectedly, and fathers who love deeply but are reserved about expressing it.

Elijah wrote a poem "Bloody" on the spot to commemorate the afternoon.

Bloody
By Elijah D.

Not to be contrary
But it takes a Bloody Mary
To make an afternoon ...
Give it a shot
And if you've not
You gots to try it sometime soon

Just not givin' a fuck
Putting bullets in buck
And generally getting messy
So contain your aversion
It's a better diversion
Than speed-dating with various Desi

The experience lends
To making new friends
And also, from what I hear
The chance to converse
And, even worse
To consume the cheapest beer