GR translation: scalloped pearl

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Monte.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Color and shape: I read "pearl" as "gray-white with some indefinite visual
> depth," and "scalloped" as "alternating convex/concave with indentations or
> cusps" .. the latter, of course, carrying the verbal association that
> scallops, like pearl-forming oysters, are molluscs.
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> V134.5-8, P136.19-23   But over the sea the fog tonight still is
>> quietly scalloped pearl. Up in the city the arc-lamps crackle,
>> furious, in smothered blaze up the centerlines of the streets, too
>> ice-colored for candles, too chill-dropleted for holocaust . . .
>>
>> What is "scalloped pearl" exactly?
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