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&†^~~¨¨¨¨¨ 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.              ¨~-^†£&¶##
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##¶&£†^-~¨ 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.               ¨~-^†£&¶##
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#&†^~~¨¨¨¨ 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.           ¨¨¨¨~^^££&
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¶&&&£†^-~¨      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 ¨¨¨~^†£££¶
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#&††-~~¨¨¨ I  Examined  The  Ridge,   The  Treeline ¨¨¨~~-††&#
##¶&£†^-~¨ Above. Was This What  You Saw  Opposite, ¨~-^†£&¶##
##¶&£†^-~¨ From  Those  Other  Shores?  I  Couldn'T ¨~-^†£&¶##
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##¶&£†^-~¨ 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.              ¨~-^£&¶###
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&&&†-¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~-^†£&¶##
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¶¶£££†^-~¨ 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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#¶&&£†^-~¨ Boats. I  Wondered, Could They  Even See ¨~-^†£&&¶#
#&††††^-~¨ Me? If  I  Shouted, Would  They Turn  To ¨~-^††††&#
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