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¨¨,~/%$§##                Winds esker               ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§##                                          ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# There Was This  Place That For Two Years #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ I Couldn'T Go  To. Regardless  How  Much §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Discussed  With Others,  Or  Pointed Out #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## On Maps, I  Could Not  Think Of It  When ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### Alone. I  Would  Often Travel  Past  The ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Fork,  Where  A  Right Turn Would Surely ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Take  Me There, But Even Then, Something #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§              Kept Me Away.               §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#                                          #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## When I  Finally Got  There,  After  Some ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§###     Heavy Subconscious Battle I Must     ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Assume,  The   Place  Was  Surreal.   An ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Esker,  Like  A  Needle-Thin Rift Out In #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ The  Lake,   But  Ten  Meters  High  And §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Adorned In  Birch,  Willow, Bracken, And #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§##               Blueberries.               ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§###                                          ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Walking  Atop  That  Spine,  I  Came  To ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Notice  The  View To Either  Side. There #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ Should  Be  Shores,  Of  Course,  But  I §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Didn'T Recognize  Them.  First Off, They #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Were Much Too Close, As The Lake  Should ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### Stretch  For A  Hundred  Meters More  On ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Both  Sides.  But  Now  I  Felt  I Could ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Almost  Reach  Out  And  Touch Them. And #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ Then, When  I Realized Which Shores They §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#           Were, I Had To Stop.           #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§##                                          ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### They  Were Of The  Right  Lake. But This ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§##      Lake Is Large, Fractured, And       ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Bipartite.  Like  A Pair Of Lungs Carved #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ Into The Granite,  And With No Less Than §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#   Five Communities Anchored At Various   #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§##      Points. And So, Studying These      ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§###    Impossibly Close Shores, I Slowly     ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Understood Them  As Belonging Many Miles ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#                  Away.                   #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§                                          §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# I  Examined  The   Ridge,  The  Treeline #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Above.  Was This  What You Saw Opposite, ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### From  Those  Other  Shores?  I  Couldn'T ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§##                 Remember.                ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#                                          #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ Carrying  Forward,  On  The  Very Tip Of §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# The Esker,  I  Found  The Ruins  Of Some #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§##    Old Building. There Were Overgrown    ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§###  Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## The  Moss,  And Strange  Slabs  Inserted ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Into  The  Slope  Like  Dams Against The #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§              Ground Itself.              §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#                                          #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Sitting  There,  I Could  See Across The ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### Narrowed  Lake My Entire Path To Where I ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Sat: From  The  Stairwell  Of My  House, ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Through  The  Old  Woods Behind The Tile #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§      Factory, The Bridge Over Route      §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Twenty three And  Then  Back  Under  It, #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Through  The   Fancy  Villas,  Over  The ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### Fields, And  Then That Right Turn At The ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§##                  Fork.                   ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#                                          #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ And  Then  The Stairs  Up  On The Ridge. §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Thinking  Back,  This  Was  Probably It. #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Hidden  In A  Grove,  There  Were Stairs ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§### Much Like The  Ones I Currently  Sat On, ###§$%/~,¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Old  And  Worn  Down, That  Lead  You Up ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Onto The Esker.  The Point Of Entry. Had #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ I Insted Opted To Walk  The  Path At Its §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Foot,  I'M  Sure My  Experience Would'Ve #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§##          Been Different Indeed.          ##§$%/~,¨¨
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¨¨,~/%$§## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§#                                          #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/%$§ On   The  Lake,  There  Were  People  In §$%/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/%$§# Boats.  I  Wondered, Could They Even See #§$%/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/%$§## Me?  If  I  Shouted, Would They  Turn To ##§$%/~,¨¨
¨,~/%$§###          Stare Right Through Me?         ###§$%/~,¨
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