The Kill

by Karen Carissimo

Originally published on October 30, 2009

Bodega Head A calm wind lilting silver lupine and dill weed through fields of dune grass, cloud light veiling a copse of firs in the distance, green brine a dense tea in the sea below. Thin snakes crossed open paths into thickets of thorn and shade. Silence settled into trees. The hawk rose from the [...]