Author: Joey Leigh Peterson

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• Annie Dillard (1)
  • IN: Next Year for Sure (2017) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: SIGNALS AT SEA (If the flags in A's hoist cannot be made out, B keeps her answering pennant at the "Dip" and hoists the signal "OWL" or "WCX".) CXL Do not abandon me. A I am undergoing a speed trial. D Keep clear of me -- I am maneuvering with difficulty. F I am disabled. Communicate with me. G I require a pilot. P Your lights are out, or burning badly. U You are standing into danger. X Stop carrying out your intentions. K You should stop your vessel instantly. L You should stop. I have something important to communicate. R You may feel your way past me.
    FROM: from Charles H. Cugle, Cugle's Practical Navigation, (1936), Poem, US