MDDM Ch. 71 Rugae

[Dave Monroe]

"... return'd to the vegetational Horizons, the Sumach
whose Touch brings misery, the deadly water-snakes
coil'd together like the Rugae of a single great
Brain, the gray and even illumination from the Sky."
(M&D, Ch. 71, p. 690)

"Sumach"

Main Entry: poison sumac
Function: noun
Date: 1817
: a smooth American swamp shrub (Rhus vernix) that has
pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and greenish white
berries and produces an irritating oil -- called also
poison dogwood

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

And see as well ...

http://res2.agr.ca/ecorc/poisivy/title.html

http://poisonivy.aesir.com/

http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/PoisonIvy.html

"Rugae"

Main Entry: ru·ga 
Pronunciation: 'rü-g&
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ru·gae  /-"gI, -"gE, -"jE/
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, wrinkle -- more at
CORRUGATE
Date: 1775
: an anatomical fold or wrinkle especially of the
viscera -- usually used in plural

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0202&msg=65196&sort=date

"a single great Brain"

Cf. "higher assembly" ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0208&msg=69631&sort=date

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0202&msg=65202&sort=date

"gray and even illumination from the Sky"

"The sky above the port was the color of television
tuned to a dead channel."  William Gibson, Neuromancer
(NY: Ace, 1984), p. 3 ...

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