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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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. §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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