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¨¨¨¨,=†*§#                                          #§*†=,¨¨¨¨
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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.          #§*†=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=†*§##                                          ##§*†=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=†*§### ======================================== ###§*†=,¨¨
¨,=†*§####                                          ####§*†=,¨
¨¨,=†*§### 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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