Pirates! Bill and Dave Take Over the Kenyon Review (Booth)

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It was already late on Saturday of AWP when the Kenyon Reviewers decided it was time to pack up and head home to Ohio, foolishly leaving their booth unguarded. Bill and Dave are nothing if not opportunistic and swooped in to claim it as a place to hawk their wares. Soon the metaphors were flying along with the buttons (and flowing along with the wine). I initially suggested that we were hermit crabs finding an unused shell, or maybe cowbirds bullying our way into a nest. These nature-y metaphors, however, were not sexy and dashing enough for the sheer thrill of our conquest. Meg Reid suggested we “colonized” their territory, which I liked. But in the end piracy is the only word that will do. Argghhh! (I don’t have a picture but Long John Bill joined me after his afternoon nap.)

Booty!

Rubbing it in.

We celebrate after our coup!

Back on our island lair, plotting our next takeover.