Faded Houses Green

Reading Ulysses in Montana #231

A line in the sand, aligned with the stars, Alan told Alaine about the aliens that had alighted on the roof of his barn.

Alaine told Alan that was nothing compared to the frogs that had sung the Anvil Chorus for three weeks running until the escargot escarwent. The frogs, being green with envy–overcome with the green-eyed monster of jealousy–told Alan and Alaine what they had found at the bottom of the seven-month Shakespeare festival alternating between Othello and Winter’s Tale, but also how they had lost a frog during each performance.

Alaine told the frogs to look on the roof of Alan’s barn. Alan said that was a line in the sand too far near the bridge, and he was absolutely right.