The List

West Quoddy Head. Portland Head. Pemaquid Point. Seguin Island. Nubble. Bass Harbor Head. Spring Point Ledge. Boon Island. Two Lights. Portsmouth Harbor. White Island. Boston Light, 1716, burned twice by Americans. Minots Ledge, which says I love you in a count of one, four, three. Thacher Island. Race Point. Highland. Chatham. Nauset.

You read them out loud.

Nobska. Gay Head. Sankaty. Great Point. Cuttyhunk. Whale Rock. Beavertail. Watch Hill. Block Island. Rose Island. New London. Faulkner's. Stonington. Sheffield. Montauk. Fire Island. Sandy Hook. Navesink. Old Barney. Absecon. Cape May. Hereford Inlet.

Forty. At the bottom, in pencil: And one more. It is where you are standing.