GR translation: "that wiener" and "the Wheel"

[David Morris]

"Before his throat can stir, he’s away, on the Wheel, clutching in terror
to the dwindling white point of himself, in the first windrush of
anaesthesia, hovering coyly over the pit of Death."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma

http://www.sq-wellness.com/karmic-wheel/

The Tibetan Wheel of Life, also known as the Karmic Wheel and Wheel of
Becoming, is a representation of the process of life, death and rebirth. The
Wheel of Life, which hangs in the entryway of nearly all Buddhist
monasteries and temples, is a very effective and sacred tool for spiritual
seekers of all traditions. The image of the Wheel itself is a powerful
mandala (sacred circular image), which brings healing and transformational
energy to all who view or meditate upon it.


On Friday, July 12, 2013, Mike Jing wrote:

> P389.5-14   Here comes that wiener again. Shapes only a foot away—they
> might have risen up out of the water. He spins around, catches sight of a
> broad, clean-shaven face, hair combed lionlike straight back, glimmering
> steel teeth, eyes black and soft as that Carmen Miranda’s—
>        “Yes,” no least accent to his English whispering, “you were
> followed all the way.” Others have grabbed Slothrop’s arms. High in the
> left one he feels something sharp, almost painless, very familiar. Before
> his throat can stir, he’s away, on the Wheel, clutching in terror to the
> dwindling white point of himself, in the first windrush of anaesthesia,
> hovering coyly over the pit of Death. . . .
>
> Is "that wiener" referring to this previous passage?
>
> Boots? What would they want with—yaaahhh! Boots, indeed, yes. We know
> beyond peradventure who has to be on the other end, don’t we. Slothrop can
> hear all the man’s metal parts jingling with glee. In the smoky Berlin sky,
> somewhere to the left of the Funkturm in its steelwool distance, appears a
> full-page photo in Life magazine: it is of Slothrop, he is in full
> Rocketman attire, with what appears to be a long, stiff sausage of very
> large diameter being stuffed into his mouth, so forcibly that his eyes are
> slightly crossed, though the hand or agency actually holding the stupendous
> wiener is not visible in the photo. A SNAFU FOR ROCKETMAN, reads the
> caption—“Barely off the ground, the Zone’s newest celebrity ‘fucks up.’ ”
>
> Also, is "the Wheel" referring to the "breaking wheel", a torture device?
> Or is it something else entirely?
>
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