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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¨
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¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤ 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. ¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤
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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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