The Colonel

I picked this story to talk about, because it was very confusing. There were parts in this story that i had absolutely no idea what the author was talking about. For example, "The moon swung bare on its black cord over the house". After i read this i thought maybe that it means it was dark and it was night time. Im not sure though. Also, "Broken bottles were embedded in the walls around the house to scoop the kneecaps from a man's legs or cut his hands to lace". Now this is a weird sentence. I can not figure out if this was a metaphorical statement or a literal statement. Either way, its very graphic. We also know from the story that the house or the people who owned the house were rich because they had a rack of lamb and a maid. Then there is a sentence that says it had become difficult to govern. This makes me wonder if the character was a governor, however, the character is a colonel, but it would help if i knew what that meant.  Then it just jumps like a kid with ADD, and it says "the parrot said hello on the terrace". This story is very choppy. It almost seems like a full day is told in a matter of two minutes of reading. Then the story jumps to the colonel dumping ear halves to the table. This is very graphic and gross. It made me wonder what in the world am i reading. I do like how the author states "There is no other way to say this". Even the author, who is in first person, realizes that this story is bizarre. then it goes to the last lines which are very interesting. "Some of the ears on the floor caught this scrap of his voice. Some of the ears on the floor were pressed to the ground." Obviously the author is trying to say something that is deeper than the words originally mean. I am having a hard time trying to figure out what she is saying at the end. This end line defines the rest of the story, but i am not sure in what way. I hope that we get to discuss this in class, because i am very intrigued to figure out what is going on here.