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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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