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¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨ 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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