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¨¨¨-~†%£¤¤ Adorned In Birch, Willow, Bracken, And ¤¤£%†~-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~%¤££ 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 #@£¤£%†~-¨
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¨-~†%£¤£@# Five Communities Anchored At Various #@£¤£%†~-¨
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¨¨¨¨~†%%££ Above. Was This What You Saw Opposite, ££%%†~¨¨¨¨
¨-~†%£¤££@ From Those Other Shores? I Couldn'T @££¤£%†~-¨
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¨-~†%£¤£@# Old Building. There Were Overgrown #@£¤£%†~-¨
¨¨¨¨-††££¤ Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath ¤££††-¨¨¨¨
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¨-~†%£¤¤£@ 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 #@£¤£%†~-¨
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¨-~††††£¤¤ Old And Worn Down, That Lead You Up ¤¤£††††~-¨
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