GR translation: the rainbow edges of what is almost on him

[Monte Davis]

It is"almost on him" like an attacking animal, a wave about to break over
him, an impending storm or fever or vision.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 7:27 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V203.11-22, P205.32-206.3   Why here? Why should the rainbow edges of
> what is almost on him be rippling most intense here in this amply
> coded room? say why should walking in here be almost the same as
> entering the Forbidden itself—here are the same long rooms, rooms of
> old paralysis and evil distillery, of condensations and residues you
> are afraid to smell from forgotten corruptions, rooms full of upright
> gray-feathered statues with wings spread, indistinct faces in
> dust—rooms full of dust that will cloud the shapes of inhabitants
> around the corners or deeper inside, that will settle on their black
> formal lapels, that will soften to sugar the white faces, white shirt
> fronts, gems and gowns, white hands that move too quickly to be seen .
> . . what game do They deal? What passes are these, so blurred, so old
> and perfect?
>
> What does "on him" mean exactly here?
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