GR translation: her scrawled face streaming with lube-green shadow, yellow light

[Mike Jing]

OK, guess I had it the first time. Just over-thinking again. Thanks, David,
Paul, and Arthur.

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 4:20 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Definition of scrawl
>
>    1. transitive verb
>    <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transitive>
>    2.
>
>    :  to write or draw awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly *scrawl**ed* his
>    name
>    3. intransitive verb
>    <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intransitive>
>    4.
>
>    :  to write awkwardly or carelessly
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> "Scrawled" more accurately means "etched on a wall without benefit of a
>> pen", as one might to on a the wall of a prison cell, or long ago, on the
>> walls of a cave in Southern France or even Africa.
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:54 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Scrawled would mean roughly written or marked, with the colorful shadows
>>> and light.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 12:14 PM Mike Jing <
>>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> V532.16-19, P541.16-19   The Frau heads south, along the other coast of
>>>> Rügen, into the straits by way of the Bug. The storm keeps pace, as night
>>>> comes down. “We’ll put in at Stralsund,” her scrawled face streaming with
>>>> lube-green shadow, yellow light, as the oil-lantern sways in the pilot
>>>> house.
>>>>
>>>> What does "scrawled" mean here?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Arthur
>>
>>
>
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