GR translation: even this far out of it

[Mark Kohut]

I think it is Earthliness he may be " so far out from". Notice all the "rushing water" being whacked out of that harmonica. 

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> On Aug 27, 2015, at 7:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the question to be asked is this: Where or what is the "it" to be so far out from?  I think Mortality is that place or thing.
> 
> David Morris
> 
>> On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> V622.14-26   Through the flowing water, the holes of the old Hohner Slothrop found are warped one by one, squares being bent like notes, a visual blues being played by the clear stream. There are harpmen and dulcimer players in all the rivers, wherever water moves. Like that Rilke prophesied,
>> 
>>               And though Earthliness forget you,
>>               To the stilled Earth say: I flow.
>>               To the rushing water speak: I am.
>> 
>>        It is still possible, even this far out of it, to find and make audible the spirits of lost harpmen. Whacking the water out of his harmonica, reeds singing against his leg, picking up the single blues at bar 1 of this morning’s segment, Slothrop, just suckin’ on his harp, is closer to being a spiritual medium than he’s been yet, and he doesn’t even know it.
>> 
>> What exactly does "even this far out of it" mean here?
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