Andrew Olson — The Monarch Review

The Decoy – Andrew Olson

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 14:25 — 0 Comments

They sat on their haunches in the wide, circling drive between the shed and the farmhouse; the soft plinks of beebees sounding as they loaded the cock action gun.  Barn swallows sat perched above them on the powerline, conversing as the sun began to descend over the wheat fields, past the westernmost machinery barn. The brothers, overalled and barefoot, picked up the stray beebees that were now coated with a fine layer of dust from the drive in front of the barn. Isaac, the younger of the two, poured a few of the small objects into his palm and then, […]