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The Beacon
I'll put the fire in.
Flood tide before shift change. An unmanned East Sea lighthouse, a spiral stair. Haeum will not set the mercury-bath cover down. “I'll put the fire in.” Take the supply-boat rope here and it is only a shift change.
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About this work
Flood tide before the shift. An unmanned East Sea lighthouse. Kerosene on the spiral stair, a cold iron rail. Haeum is thirty-four, the keeper, and married. Her husband's ship is tied at another port.
She will not set the mercury-bath cover down. “I'll put the fire in.” Grab the supply-boat rope and the night ends as a shift change. Close the hatch and it stops being a shift change.
Characters
- HaeumLighthouse keeper · married woman
- MeNarrator · supply runner
- HusbandAnother port · mentioned
